If you love coleus, then you’ll want your plants to have the most leaves possible. Bushier growth means more pretty foliage, and a little pruning can make a dense plant instead of a spindly one. Use these seven quick tips from coleus grower Jerad Bryant to have the best-looking shrubs in your neighborhood!
Wildflowers are easy-going beauties with showy blooms and textures that brim with multi-season appeal. They bring months of color and lasting winter interest. They’re also an essential source of food and shelter for pollinators and wildlife. Enjoy the extended display of top-performing selections, including natives, with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
If you want to start off on the right foot with your new orchid or find the best location for those you already have, we can help. Join orchid enthusiast Melissa Strauss in finding the perfect place for your beautiful plant.
Conventional petunia by day, glowing blooms by night. Engineered with bioluminescence from mushrooms, Firefly petunias set the garden aglow. Explore this pioneering petunia with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
While low-growing bulbs are small in stature, they’re big on effortless beauty. Often the first to welcome the season, dwarf growers bring early color to layer the display and soften edges. Explore low-growing selections for recurrent color with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
Coleus perennials outshine other shade lovers with their intricately detailed and variegated leaves. They flower at the end of the season, but should you let them? Let’s find out! Join longtime coleus gardener Jerad Bryant in seeing whether you should cut the blooms down or leave them be.
Peonies are cool-weather-loving perennials with gorgeous and fragrant blooms. They’re known for their elaborate petals, flashy colors, and sweet scents. Plant them in October, and you’ll have bouquets of blooms in spring. Join peony lover Jerad Bryant as we tour 15 varieties you should plant this month.
Just in time for fall, a centuries-old ornamental bears fruits disguised as miniature pumpkins. The little “pumpkins” are big delights in seasonal arrangements and have culinary uses, too. Explore these specialties to embellish autumn with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
In addition to their shining fall color, hardy garden mums are relatively carefree perennials. While susceptible to a number of diseases, they’re usually problem-free, and if detected early, plants often recover. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a look at common diseases for chrysanthemums and how to treat and prevent them.
Hardy garden mums are easy-growers with high seasonal color spanning summer and fall. Chrysanthemums benefit from easy, light pruning to get the best form and flowers. With gardening expert Katherine Rowe, explore pruning benefits and basics for these lovely autumnal selections to ensure healthy flowering for years of recurrent color.
Fall is perfect for planting tulips, and we have some major showstoppers to share with you. These are not your average varieties. Check out these amazing tulips with gardening expert Melissa Strauss.
With lovely buds and profuse blooms on graceful stems, anemones are scene-stealers when they bloom and create an attractive leafy backdrop when not in flower. With perennial selections that bloom in fall or spring, the garden can host months of the precious wanding blooms. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top-performing, award-winning favorites perfect for planting in October.