Ornamental Gardens

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

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Ornamental Gardens

9 Ways to Add More Evergreen Color to Your Landscape

From the ground up, evergreens add a splash of all-season color and interest in form, texture, and features. It’s easy to incorporate these solid foundations of the landscape, whose appeal lasts well beyond winter. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring evergreens with heightened colorful attributes and how to give them a garden presence.

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Bulbs

9 Tips to Avoid Amaryllis Bulb Rot This Season

Amaryllis bulbs offer highly decorative flowers both indoors and outdoors. You may face frustrating challenges when growing them indoors, though they’re easily manageable with the right care. Prevent issues like bulb rot with these nine tips from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

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Ornamental Gardens

9 Winter Hydrangea Care Tips

Although bare and leafless, hydrangea stems work throughout the winter to prepare their spring blooms. Give them extra care this cold season so they produce dozens of flower clusters next year! These nine winter care tips from seasoned gardener Jerad Bryant will ensure your hydrangea stays safe and sound despite recurring frosts.

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Bulbs

When and How to Plant Hyacinth Bulbs

Along with tulips and daffodils, hyacinths are a sure sign that spring has arrived in your garden. Biologist and garden enthusiast Lindsay Miller unpacks when and how to plant these fragrant bulbs.

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Bulbs

9 Amaryllis Fertilizing Tips for the Best Blooms

If you want to want colorful Amaryllis blooms, there are a few fertilizing tips to pay attention to. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum takes you through the top fertilizing tips to get vibrant amaryllis blooms this season.

Tall Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' with golden plumes swaying gently above dense green clumps.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Ornamental Grasses That Look Magical in the Snow

Ornamental grasses have surprises in store for the winter landscape. Ice on their feathery seedheads and tufts of snow on their blades glimmer in the sun. Leave them standing this fall to enjoy their multi-season attributes. Birds and other wildlife appreciate them, too. Explore top contenders for a winter wonderland with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

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Shrubs

9 Ways to Ensure Your Hydrangeas Survive Winter Freezes

Hydrangeas are tough shrubs with roots that tolerate cold temperatures, but you don't want to risk losing precious growth over the winter. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some tips for protecting your shrubs from the cold so that they will look better than ever next spring.