Ornamental Gardens

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

Vivid purple Epimedium flowers bloom; their delicate petals unfurling gracefully against a blurred backdrop of verdant leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Epimediums

Epimediums are small perennials that grace the shade garden with colorful foliage and flowers. Cultivated in numerous varieties, epimediums are carefree growers whose dynamic leaves and flowers bring a gentle “wow” to woodland plantings in spring and beyond. Join garden professional Katherine Rowe in exploring how to incorporate epimediums into shady garden sites.

Bunny tails grass features soft, fluffy, cream-colored flower heads resembling bunny tails atop slender green stems.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Bunny Tails Grass

Here comes Peter Cottontail… or is that bunny tail grass? Bunny tail grass is a popular ornamental grass that is easy to grow and makes a great addition to the cutting garden as well. In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss will tell you what you need to know to add this fun annual to your own garden.

Oregon wildflowers. Nemophila menziesii var. atomaria showcases finely divided, fern-like foliage and charming white flowers with black markings.

Flowers

21 Oregon Native Wildflowers

Wildflowers delight growers with their colorful blooms each year. Native wildflowers are particularly special, as they provide a wealth of natural resources for gardeners and wildlife. Follow along with native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and discover 21 of Oregon’s best native flowering plants.

The jack-in-the-pulpit features a unique flower with a striped, hooded spathe enveloping a slender spadix, accompanied by three-parted, glossy green leaves.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Are you looking for a unique and highly ornamental native wildflower for your shade garden? Jack in the pulpit is unusual, showy, and surprisingly easy to grow, given the right conditions. Does your shade garden have what it takes to grow a Jack-in the-pulpit? Keep reading to find out!

beautiful foliage roses. Close-up of blooming roses 'Father Hugo' which feature gracefully arching stems with finely divided, fern-like leaves and is adorned with abundant, small, pale yellow, single-petaled flowers.

Flowers

15 Roses With Beautiful Foliage

As we plant roses this season, let’s look beyond the blooms (just a little) to the complement of unique leaves. Colorful new growth, delicate leaf shape, and outstanding fall color bring added beauty to the rose garden. Join garden professional Katherine Rowe in exploring roses with beautiful foliage for multi-season interest.

June flowers. Helenium plants exhibit robust stems and elongated leaves, providing a verdant backdrop to their striking, daisy-like flowers characterized by prominent cone-shaped centers and bright red petals shining under full sun in the garden.

Flowers

21 Flowers to Plant in June

With summer on the horizon, the warming temperatures and lengthening days make June the perfect month to plant warm-season flowers. In this article, garden expert Katherine Rowe explores favorite heat-loving annuals and perennials to plant in June.

Purple sticky catchfly blossoms, stretching towards the sky, adorn the landscape with their striking hue and delicate petals, a testament to nature's intricate beauty and resilience.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Sticky Catchfly

What’s in a name? Well, quite a lot for a sticky catchfly. The name refers to the sticky calyx that small insects can get stuck to. But despite its unusual name, it produces beautiful pink flowers that resemble phlox. Garden expert Kelli Klein walks you through how to plant, grow, and care for this American native wildflower.

Vibrant orange cosmos bloom, slender stems swaying gracefully in the breeze, offering a striking contrast against the verdant backdrop of lush foliage in the garden.

Flowers

Why Aren’t My Cosmos Blooming?

Cosmos flowers are easy-to-grow, bright, and cheerful annual flowers, but they need a few requirements to keep blooming all season long. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich for issues that might be causing your cosmos to fail and how to avoid them this season.