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Blooming perennial delphinium varieties with tall spikes of vibrant blue flowers with dark centers.

Flowers

11 Best Perennial Delphinium Varieties to Grow This Year

Many gardeners fall in love with delphiniums’ tall stems and beautiful flowers. However, not everyone knows you can grow these flowers as perennials! Join flower farmer Briana Yablonski to learn some of the best perennial delphinium varieties to add to your garden.

Close-up of a blooming saucer magnolia tree bearing large, cup-shaped pink flowers on bare branches with smooth, dark bark, while fresh, broad green leaves begin to emerge beneath.

Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Saucer Magnolia Trees

Magnolias are among the oldest flowering plants in the world. The saucer magnolia is a special hybrid that thrives in lawns, gardens, and large containers. Whether buying one for the first time or cultivating an old specimen, this guide has everything you need to know about saucer magnolias and their care.

Close-up of a blooming blue delphinium variety possessing a tall, sturdy stem with deeply lobed green leaves supporting clusters of vibrant blue flowers with purple hints arranged along the spike.

Flowers

13 Beautiful Blue Delphinium Varieties to Plant This Season

Delphiniums are graceful, beautiful, and impressive plants that look incredible in the cottage garden and beyond. They come in several colors, but blue is the classic, tried-and-true shade for these pretty perennials. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to admire some of the loveliest hues, from cobalt to sky.

Tall spikes with densely packed flowers in shades of deep purple, bright pink, and lavender.

Flowers

How to Grow Delphiniums From Seed

Few flowers can match the tall and majestic blooms of delphinium flowers. They’re easy to grow and make stunning backdrops in any garden. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum shows you how to grow delphiniums from seed and enjoy their colorful blooms.

Close-up of a blooming lily magnolia tree with large, showy pink and purple flowers featuring long, narrow petals, set against smooth dark branches, with large, glossy green leaves emerging around the blooms.

Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Lily Magnolia Trees

Lily magnolias are gorgeous shrubs and small trees that produce some of the prettiest flowers of spring. If you're thinking about planting one, read ahead as gardening expert Melissa Strauss gives the details on how to grow and care for these wonderful plants.

Blooming native wildflower in Carolina, bearing clusters of delicate, star-shaped white flowers with thin petals radiate from bright yellow centers, set against dark green, heart-shaped leaves with serrated edges.

Flowers

17 Native Wildflowers for Carolina Gardens

With ecosystems ranging from cypress swamps to temperate rainforests, the Carolinas are home to a diverse array of native plants. Join native plant enthusiast Briana Yablonski to learn some native wildflowers that will help support wildlife and beautify your garden.

A woman attaches a vining houseplant with heart-shaped, glossy leaves variegated in green and silver, around a supporting stake - moss pole.

Houseplants

9 Ways to Stake and Support Vining Houseplants

Vining and twining houseplants need support as they mature. Their long-reaching tendrils can grow up, down, or along a support. With stakes and trellises, you can influence the growth how you’d like. Try one of these nine methods from longtime houseplant grower Jerad Bryant; there may be an option that surprises you!

Clusters of orange Eriobotrya japonica fruits hanging on a brown woody branch with dark green, leathery leaves.

Trees

How to Grow a Loquat Tree From Seed

Have you tried delicious orange loquat fruit this season? If you love them and live in a warm climate, you can grow them easily at home. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you how to grow a loquat tree from seed.