It’s fall planting season and a great time to introduce a new tree to your landscape. If you’ve been thinking about adding a tree or two, now is the time to grab your garden gloves and start digging. Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we introduce 15 terrific trees you can plant in September.
Perennial borders offer boundless opportunities to create interest and diversity. They demarcate a space with flows of textural foliage and flowers. A border that works bridges the aesthetic and functional, providing a distinctive space filled with seemingly carefree beauty. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in creating an abundant, harmonious border with subtle, underlying order
Figs are gaining popularity for home orchardists and gardeners, even in colder regions. They’re a breeze to establish and easy to care for with proper annual pruning. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she discusses simple steps to pruning fig trees for big harvests.
Hanging baskets provide spreading color at eye level. They’re indispensable in ornamental gardens, adding living floral decor to patios, porches, and balconies. Use these seven tricks from backyard gardener Jerad Bryant to have full, bodacious baskets throughout the fall season.
Are you ready to spruce up your porch with some beautiful fall flowers? Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has a list of autumn-blooming beauties that will make the front of your home look warm and welcoming for the coming holiday season.
Just because you have a shady yard, it doesn’t mean you can’t grow vegetables. Some crops are very adaptable to different sunlight conditions. Join former vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski to learn about veggies that can grow well in sun and shade.
We’re approaching mum season, a delightful time of autumnal color in the garden. These perennial beauties aren’t limited to the front porch or potted floral display—grow them year-round for seasons of repeat color and cheer. With gardening expert Katherine Rowe, explore how to easily propagate hardy chrysanthemums to expand your collection.
September brings varying conditions as summer moves to fall. It’s an exciting time in the garden with colorful changes and cooling temperatures. Pressures of the warm season ease, with less heat stress and fewer weeds and pest disturbances. It can be an all-around more relaxing and productive month to garden. Depending on your climate, perennial seeds sown this month produce before frost or overwinter for a spring display. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring options for September planting.
Does the cooling September weather have you itching to get your hands back in the dirt? It's the perfect time to freshen up your vegetable garden with some cool-weather veggies. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn which vegetables are ideal for planting this month.
With hints of fall in the late summer garden, our thoughts turn to cooler days and autumnal displays. Hardy mums are a hallmark of the season, brightening front porches and garden borders. These perennials are an asset year-round and benefit from dividing over time. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe shares tips for the easy process of expanding chrysanthemums in your collection.
If you prefer your apples sweet instead of tart, you have many varieties to choose from. Plant enthusiast Briana Yablonski shares some popular sweet apples to grow and harvest.
This month, gardeners in warm climates can plant their shoulder-season blooms to establish before heavy frost. In colder regions, direct sow hardy annuals for a spring surprise or start them indoors to overwinter for robust plants come early spring. Enjoy extended color from sowing seasonal growers with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.