If you're looking for ideas for a low-maintenance garden border with lasting appeal, we have some great suggestions for you! Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at some gorgeous and enduring combinations.
With so many gorgeous, trailing plants to enjoy, hanging baskets are a must for viewing them from every angle. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares tips to keep those baskets looking their best through the summer.
Hanging baskets, with their prominent vertical interest, let us play with flowering combinations and foliar accents. Easy care blooms offer all the creativity and reliable seasonal color with less likelihood of looking puny in the pot later on. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores top-performing beginner flowers for hanging baskets to steal the show (and not look like a beginner at all).
Growing irises from seed is a rewarding but often overlooked gardening project. While it takes patience, the process is surprisingly simple and allows you to create unique iris varieties for your garden. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains the straightforward process in this beginner-friendly guide.
Perennials are the garden foundation that we depend on to return every year. But what if your precious perennials didn't come back this year? Gardening expert Melissa Strauss explores some potential reasons why your dependable plants might not be so dependable after all.
Annuals fill empty beds with lush foliage, bright blooms, and quick-growing stems. They’re easy to start from seeds and readily available as potted plants at nurseries and garden centers. Choose from these 21 easy-growing annuals for your home garden.
May brings warming temperatures and frost-free nights for most growing zones, which means it’s full-throttle warm-season planting time. The easiest and most budget-friendly way to achieve a diversity of blooms is to direct sow seeds this month. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores flower seeds to plant in May for a long season of colorful returns.
Azaleas are lovely landscape shrubs, especially when they bloom. Flowering time can vary between different climate areas and also depends on pruning. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to find out when you can expect those beautiful blooms in your zone.
‘Jeana’ is the total package when it comes to perennials. This native cultivar has highly ornamental blooms that support pollinators and flowers for months. Superior disease resistance makes it a standout among more finicky varieties in the species. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores a new one to love among old garden favorites, ‘Jeana’ garden phlox.
Pollinators love flowers! They rely on fragrant blooms for nectar and pollen—help these hungry critters by planting as many productive wildflowers as possible. There are thousands of shade-loving plants for pollinators; native plant gardener Jerad Bryant shares 19 of the best ones.
Direct sowing zinnia seeds is one of the easiest ways to ensure vibrant rounds of color in the summer landscape. The reliable annuals become fast favorites for beginners and tried-and-true staples for experienced gardeners. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe reviews the lax way to direct sow zinnias for high returns.
Mountain hydrangeas bring the beauty of the classic bigleaf hydrangea in a more compact, durable, naturalistic form that spans hardiness zones. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines cold-hardy mountain hydrangea varieties to add to the collection for a long season of appeal.