Ornamental Gardens

Learn how to cultivate beautiful ornamental gardens and how to troubleshoot common pests, diseases, and growing problems!

A dense cascade of magenta and yellow flowers spilling over a hanging basket.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Wave Petunias

Are you looking for the ultimate spreading flower for your garden beds or containers? Wave petunias are a wonderful hybrid that will transform your garden. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for these stunning bloomers.

Native wildflowers blooming in Montana, tall, slender stems with deeply lobed green leaves and large drooping velvety wine-fire petals surrounding a dark, cone-shaped central disk.

Flowers

15 Native Wildflowers for Montana Gardens

Montana’s native wildflowers sway in the warm season landscape and buzz with activity from beneficial insects. With showy blooms and textures that offer multi-season interest, they withstand cold winters and offer numerous ecosystem benefits. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the ornamental native blooms of Big Sky country to bring naturalized appeal.

pink rhododendron flowers on shrub

Shrubs

13 Charming Shrubs for the Cottage Garden

We adore a well-curated cottage garden brimming with an array of flowers, herbs, edibles, and various other found items. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at some of our favorite shrubs to create a most inviting space.

Close-up of a blooming native plant in late spring, possessing large clusters of funnel-shaped pink flowers with darker speckles bloom above glossy, dark green, leathery leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Native Plants That Bloom in Late Spring

Pollinators need our care! Planting late spring blooming native species is an excellent way to help them. Your late flowering plants will provide pollen and nectar while their structures offer valuable habitat space. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant shares 11 choice varieties for the home garden.