Gardening

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

Branching chestnut tree limbs hold long, serrated green leaves and spiky burrs hanging from its branches, each burr enclosing glossy brown nuts.

Nut Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Chestnut Trees

Don’t let the chestnut blight prevent you from growing these trees! There are blight-resistant varieties that thrive in U.S. gardens. Harvest homegrown chestnuts and enjoy the shade from their dense, leafy canopies. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant offers guidance on planting, growing, and caring for chestnut trees.

Vibrant pink-purple flowers with raised orange centers stand tall on sturdy stems, blooming across a sunlit prairie garden.

Flowers

18 Types of Flowers for Prairie Gardens

Prairie gardens abound with blooming perennials for multiseason appeal and years of recurrent color. They offer site enrichment like soil improvement and forage and shelter resources for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. Explore a diversity of prairie flowers to incorporate into our home landscapes with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

A lovely shot of Foxtail ferns containers appearing to have bright green fronds and other potted plants in the background

Ornamental Gardens

How to Grow Foxtail Ferns in Pots and Containers

The graceful, erect plumes of feathery foliage make the foxtail fern a winning garden plant. It’s a stunning specimen that grows well both indoors and outdoors, and it thrives in containers. Learn how to pot and care for your foxtail fern alongside fern grower Jerad Bryant.

Red Tea-Oil Camellia blooms are one of flowers survive winter, appearing to be covered win white frost placed somewhere with warm sunlight

Flowers

31 Flowers that Will Survive Winter

Looking for cold-hardy blooms? Try one of these 31 flowers that will survive the winter. We include woody shrubs, tough annuals, and herbaceous perennials that fill the garden with blooms during the cool months. Join longtime gardener Jerad Bryant in discovering these beautiful, productive, and vigorous winter flowers.

Delicate snowdrop flowers bloom through the snow, showcasing bright white blooms in a winter garden.

Flowers

19 Flowers That Bloom in Winter

Winter is coming, but the season doesn’t have to be without blooming color. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights winter flowers for vibrance, fragrance, and visual interest inside and out.

Close-up of rows of tulip bulbs partially covered with dark compost mulch in a garden bed.

Bulbs

How and When to Mulch Your Garden Bulbs

Now is the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs for a celebration come spring. Easy to plant with years of return color, setting a strong foundation for bulbs in fall yields a nearly effortless display post-winter. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines the role of mulch in insulating our bulbs through cold conditions for a riotous surprise in the months ahead.

Floral design featuring the best flowers for pressing, including dahlia, chrysanthemum, primula, cosmos, calendula, cherry blossom, and yarrow sprigs, arranged in warm colors.

Ornamental Gardens

The 13 Best Flowers for Pressing

Pressing flowers is a beautiful and simple way to preserve your garden and capture the shapes and colors of the season. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss discusses some of the best blooms in your yard for pressing.