Gardening

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

A dense cascade of magenta and yellow flowers spilling over a hanging basket.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Wave Petunias

Are you looking for the ultimate spreading flower for your garden beds or containers? Wave petunias are a wonderful hybrid that will transform your garden. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for these stunning bloomers.

Native wildflowers blooming in Montana, tall, slender stems with deeply lobed green leaves and large drooping velvety wine-fire petals surrounding a dark, cone-shaped central disk.

Flowers

15 Native Wildflowers for Montana Gardens

Montana’s native wildflowers sway in the warm season landscape and buzz with activity from beneficial insects. With showy blooms and textures that offer multi-season interest, they withstand cold winters and offer numerous ecosystem benefits. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the ornamental native blooms of Big Sky country to bring naturalized appeal.

pink rhododendron flowers on shrub

Shrubs

13 Charming Shrubs for the Cottage Garden

We adore a well-curated cottage garden brimming with an array of flowers, herbs, edibles, and various other found items. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at some of our favorite shrubs to create a most inviting space.

Scarlet sage flowering plants have bright red tubular flowers with fringed edges growing from long, slender stems, surrounded by dark green, lance-shaped leaves.

Herbs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Scarlet Sage

Scarlet sage brings lively color and vibrant blooms that attract hummingbirds. The North American native is easy care and thrives with little tending in the right conditions. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the merits of the only red-blooming native sage.

Thick, conical orange chantenay carrots with blunt tips, topped with feathery green leaves and sturdy, short stems.

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Chantenay’ Carrots

If you’ve faced difficulty growing carrots in compacted or heavy clay soils, try growing Chantenay carrots. This group of carrots have short and stocky roots that grow well where other carrots will not. Farmer Briana Yablonski will share how to plant and care for these delicious roots.

A cluster of Solanum lycopersicum ‘Midnight Snack’ cherry tomatoes ripening on green vines.

Vegetables

15 Vitamin-Packed Vegetables to Grow This Season

Vitamin-packed vegetables are powerhouses of the edible landscape. They bring all the fresh flavor we crave while supplying important nutritional benefits, maximizing their space and worthiness in the garden. As we get sowing and growing this spring, garden expert Katherine Rowe explores top vegetables with loads of nutrition to include in the garden and on the plate.

A shot of a rapini broccoli rabe crop placed on a wooden surface

Vegetables

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Rapini (Broccoli Rabe)

Are you looking to grow a new and exciting vegetable in your garden this year? Try growing rapini broccoli rabe and discover why European gardeners love it so much. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for this fantastic vegetable.

Various species of heat tolerant lettuce, with bright green, red and purple leaves with wrinkled and smooth textures, smooth and curly edges, grow in rows in a garden bed.

Vegetables

15 Heat-Tolerant Lettuce Varieties to Grow All Summer

Leafy lettuce tastes great until it doesn’t! Hot weather forces these tender crops to bolt. They sprout flowers and their leaves turn bitter. One solution is to grow heat-tolerant lettuce varieties. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares 15 favorites that excel from late spring through summer.

Tight green cluster of unopened flower buds forming a dense head atop thick pale green stems.

Vegetables

7 Broccoli Growing Mistakes to Avoid This Season

Growing broccoli doesn't have to be difficult, but there are some important factors to consider if you want a bumper crop of this green veggie. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some mistakes to avoid when growing your own cruciferous crop.