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 brown pots sit filled with dark, nutrient-rich soil, providing a perfect environment for growth. Emerging from the soil, strawberry seedlings reach above, their delicate green leaves unfurling in the warm air, promising future fruitfulness.

Fruits

Bare-root Strawberries vs. Plugs: Which is Better?

Planting strawberries presents an overwhelming number of options, including the propagation material you buy to start your berry patch. Garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains the pros and cons of bare-root strawberries vs. plugs and how to determine which is better for your garden.

cut back tulips. cut back tulips. Close-up of a gardener's hands in green gloves with pruning shears pruning a tulip plant in a flowerbed. Tulips present a striking appearance with their tall, slender stems bearing a single, vibrant flower at the apex. Surrounding the base of each stem are several long, narrow leaves that emerge directly from the bulb, providing a lush green backdrop to the blooms. The flowers are cup-shaped, with smooth, colorful petals.

Bulbs

Do Tulips Need to be Cut Back Each Season?

Holster your pruners! Tulip season is fading, making way for warm-season annuals and perennials to shine. But don’t cut their foliage if you intend to try your tulips for another spring season. Here, horticulturist Katherine Rowe explores options for growing tulips as perennials and how to treat the plants post-flowering.

Contemporary home plants. Close-up of blooming lavender in a sunny garden with an ornamental pond, rocks and low-growing bushes with purple-burgundy foliage against a blurred background. A Lavender bush is a sight to behold, with its slender, silver-green foliage and abundant spikes of fragrant purple flowers. Atop sturdy stems, the Lavender bush produces clusters of tiny, tubular flowers that bloom in purple.

Ornamental Gardens

19 Plants to Feature in Contemporary Home Gardens

Looking for plants to accentuate the unique features of your contemporary home? Wondering which trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, and groundcovers are best for your property? In this article, certified master gardener Liz Jaros discusses the principles of contemporary home and garden design and suggests 19 plants to enhance and extend your 21st-century architecture.

tulip daffodil post bloom. Close-up of blooming daffodils and tulips in a sunny garden. Tulip plants showcase a striking display of vibrant colors and graceful elegance. Their slender, lance-shaped leaves emerge from the base in a tidy cluster, forming a lush green backdrop for the tulip flowers. The flowers are bright red. Daffodil plants present a charming sight with their graceful, strap-like leaves forming neat clumps at the base. Rising from amidst this foliage are sturdy stems crowned with cheerful trumpet-shaped flowers, each boasting a distinctive central trumpet surrounded by six delicate petals. The flowers are bright yellow.

Bulbs

A Guide to Tulip and Daffodil Post-Bloom Care

Our tulips and daffodils heralded spring in the loveliest ways, and now It’s time to tuck them in for summer dormancy. A few care techniques promote perennialization for additional seasons of spring flowering. Follow along with gardening expert Katherine Rowe for guidelines on caring for tulips and daffodils post-bloom.

A close-up of blueberry bushes in large pots, soil rich and brown. Young stems reach skyward, branches sprouting with vigor. Green leaves dance in the sunlight, backdrop of blurred grasses in the garden.

Fruits

How to Adjust Your Soil pH For Blueberries

If you grow blueberries on your homestead or plan to add some to your garden line-up, you’ll need to adjust your soil pH. Getting pH levels right will allow your plants to uptake the nutrients they need to thrive. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she discusses ways to adjust your pH, why it’s important, and when to start.

Close-up of flowering Camassia plants in a sunny garden. A small bumblebee sits on one of the flowers. The Camassia plant boasts slender, grass-like leaves that form dense tufts at the base, contrasting with its striking spike of star-shaped flowers. The flowers come in a soft purple color and emerge from tall stems. Each bloom features six petals arranged in a star-like pattern.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Camassia

If you’re looking for a spring-flowering bulb to add to your garden, consider the native camas flower! These low-maintenance spring bloomers send up tall flower stalks that fill your landscape with beautiful color. Join gardener Briana Yablonski to learn how to plant and care for these unique bulbs.

window box ideas. Close-up of flowering Petunias, Wishbone flowers and Emerald Falls Dichondra plants in a large wooden window box by the window. Sanguna® Blue Vein Petunias display stunning trumpet-shaped blooms in varying shades of purple, adorned with delicate deep purple veins that create an intricate and mesmerizing pattern.

Flowers

15 Stunning Window Box Flower Ideas

Window boxes exude old-world charm and enhance the connection between home and garden. They add vertical interest in endless plant combinations for spectacular color, texture, and form. Explore a few window box favorites with garden designer Katherine Rowe for an overflowing display of blooms this season.

strawberry sun. Close-up of strawberry plant in a sunny garden. The strawberry plant features bright green, serrated leaves composed of three leaflets per stem, arranged alternately. The plant bears medium heart-shaped berries of juicy bright red color adorned with tiny seeds.

Fruits

How Much Sun Do Strawberries Need?

If your strawberry plants are small, pale, and low-yielding, they may not be getting enough light. Former organic farmer Logan Hailey explains exactly how much sunlight strawberries need to thrive.

Clusters of unripe ‘Cherokee Purple’ tomatoes dangle gracefully from lush green vines, promising future bursts of flavor. In the background, a blur of foliage and soil hints at the thriving ecosystem supporting the burgeoning fruit.

Vegetables

21 Heirloom Vegetables to Plant This Spring

Heirloom vegetables bring exceptional flavor and diversity to the garden. With so many rich selections, it’s easy to incorporate history and culture into what we grow and eat. Here, let’s look at a few of the best heirloom varieties to sow this spring. Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in exploring a glimpse of our food heritage through mouth-watering heirloom vegetables.

A vibrant bouquet of poppies showcases a kaleidoscope of colors, encircling a radiant yellow center. Each petal unfurls in delicate layers, a harmonious blend of pale pink, white, red, orange, and golden yellow.

Flowers

31 Beautiful Poppy Varieties for Your Garden

Once you add poppies to your garden, you’ll be hooked. Each variety adds a different kind of magic with its whimsical, papery petals and soft, romantic shades. In this article, organic farmer Jenna Rich will describe 31 beautiful poppy varieties you’ll want to sow this season.