Knowing the optimal time to dig up your flower tubers can help you protect your plants for the growing season ahead. In this article, gardening enthusiast Lindsay Miller delves into the details to keep your beloved blooms thriving year after year
Learn why you may want to try leaving your dahlias in the ground for the winter and how to increase the odds they'll come back next season! Wendy Moulton will take you through the steps to ensure successful flowers in spring and summer.
There is an art to storing dahlia tubers that keeps them healthy and ready to spring back into action when the weather warms up. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to uncover some mistakes you can avoid to keep your bulbs fresh and maintain their dormancy until spring.
Since you can plant perennials once and enjoy them for years, choosing the proper planting date is key! The cool weather and spring and fall provide ideal conditions, but is one better than the other? Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn the best season for planting perennials.
Ornamental grasses are a wonderful way to add extra color and texture to your fall garden. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn about some beautiful varieties.
To brighten the border, create a little privacy, and elevate the bloom appeal in your landscape, now is the time to plan a hydrangea hedge. The blooming shrubs offer bold seasonal color, a leafy backdrop, and interest that persists into the cool season. For months of beauty and a stellar mass planting, explore how to create a hydrangea hedge with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
Often planted as an annual in a shade garden, tuberous begonias with their bright big rose-like flowers can also be used as a perennial. These types form underground tubers that can be lifted in the fall to store and are safe for growing in the following season. Find out how to overwinter your tuberous begonias for next year. Garden expert Wendy Moulton will take you through the steps to get it right.
Bulb planting mistakes can negatively impact growth in spring, or worse, kill your bulbs before they even have the chance to establish. If you’re new to planting bulbs, make sure you avoid these 10 common mistakes this fall.
When winter arrives, container-grown plants need a bit of extra protection from the cold. In this article, gardener Briana Yablonski will share how to care for potted hydrangeas so they survive the winter.
Would you like a beautiful low-growing wildflower for your woodland garden? Wood anemone is a spring-blooming perennial that will brighten a shaded plot with its delicate flowers. Join gardening enthusiast Liessa Bowen as we introduce the wood anemone and everything you need to know to grow your own.
A cutting garden is a wonderful way to share your flowers and bring the garden indoors. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss shares some easy-to-grow plants that are great for starting your cutting garden.
Junipers are tough as nails! They thrive throughout North America, from the deserts of Texas to the wet valleys of Oregon, and through the States to the East Coast. There are many native junipers to choose from. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and discover these 11 beautiful species for year-round ornamental interest.