Gardening

All about gardening - we have many in-depth guides about edibles, ornamentals, houseplants, and much more. We provide answers for your garden issues!

Several rounded seeds with papery brown outer layers are nestled in moist, dark soil, surrounded by vivid pink and green plants, with a small hand trowel resting nearby.

Bulbs

Should You Refrigerate Fall Bulbs Before Planting?

It’s autumn, and you know what that means! It’s time to plant bulbs like daffodils, tulips, and trillium. Should you refrigerate these plants before you bury them? Let’s find out. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and learn how to help your bulbs produce as many flowers as possible.

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Ornamental Gardens

21 Ornamental Plants with Fall Berries

While edible berries provide us with delicious snacks, ornamental berries supply food for wildlife and beautify the fall garden. Join gardener Briana Yablonski to learn about 21 ornamental plants you can plant to add colorful berries to your landscape.

Vivid red, spiky petals emerge in clusters from tall, thin stems, creating a bold contrast against the green leaves in the background.

Herbs

9 Native Herb Alternatives to Aggressive Mint

Although we love using mint in delicious teas, juleps, and mojitos, it’s a weedy non-native herb! Its aggressive nature threatens North American ecosystems where it crowds out beneficial species. Plant these 9 native herbs instead to boost biodiversity in your yard today! Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant in discovering the best mint replacements you can plant this year.

A shot of flower outdoors that is one example of a method to overwinter potted petunias

Flowers

How to Overwinter Potted Petunias in 9 Steps

Why let petunias die in autumn? If you have them in hanging baskets, containers, or small pots, learn to overwinter them indoors or outdoors with these 9 easy steps. Join backyard grower Jerad Bryant and learn what your tender perennials need to survive the cold season.

Hardy perennial bulbs produce double-layered, white, nodding flowers with ruffled petals blooming atop slender, arching stems, surrounded by narrow, deep green leaves that create a graceful display in the garden.

Bulbs

15 Hardy Perennial Bulbs You Can Plant Now

Are you itching to get a head start on your spring garden before winter rolls in? Fall is a great time to plant many spring-blooming bulbs. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares 15 gorgeous, cold, hardy bulbs that you can plant right now!

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Flowers

21 Native Wildflowers for Tennessee Gardens

Do you live in Tennessee or a surrounding state? You have a wealth of beautiful and easy-to-grow wildflowers native to your region! Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we introduce 21 native wildflowers to enhance your landscape, support pollinators, and create an eco-friendly garden.

A field of multi-colored peony tulips, covering the area grown from bulbs need divided under the clear blue sky

Bulbs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Peony Tulips

Tulips' beauty and carefree nature have made them popular for gardeners who want to dress up their spring garden. Peony tulips are especially beautiful and fragrant, too! In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss walks through what you need to know to grow and care for these wonderful spring bloomers.

A vegetable garden in Zone 8 featuring beds with vibrant Swiss chard, tall onion greens, varied lettuce, feathery fennel, mounded potato plants, and lush pepper plants, among other crops.

Vegetables

How to Start a Vegetable Garden in Zone 8

Ready to start your Zone 8 garden? There’s lots to consider where temperatures and humidity levels are high, but have no fear! Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she shares her best tips and tricks for starting a vegetable garden in growing Zone 8.

The spent Blackberry Lily flowers display dried, brownish petals with a papery texture, revealing clusters of glossy black seeds nestled within.

Flowers

15 Perennials to Direct Sow in Fall

Sowing seeds may not be the first thing you think of during fall, but it’s the perfect time to sow perennials for next year’s blooms. If you’ve got a bare spot, an empty pot, or want to fill your raised beds, you should direct sow any of these 15 species—they’ll turn drap gardens into blooming paradises!

Star-shaped blue Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the longest-flowering bulbs, blooms brightly with white centers against slender green leaves.

Bulbs

21 Longest-Flowering Bulbs to Plant This Season

Fall is the best time to plant our favorite spring and summer flowering bulbs. With some work now, we’ll reap the rewards with floral surprises as winter fades. Treat your future self by choosing long-blooming selections to usher in the warm season. You won’t have to wait long; many start appearing before winter’s end. Explore fall-planted bulbs with a long spring flowering season with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

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Bulbs

19 Daffodil Varieties To Plant This Fall

From classic yellow trumpets to exquisite bi-colored blooms, these selections will brighten your garden after winter’s chill! Gardener and spring bulb buff Lindsay Miller introduces 21 types of daffodils to drop in the ground this fall.