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Vibrant yellow flowers display soft, overlapping petals and a central yellow-orange column, offering the look of an orchid with constant blooms and a full, sunny appearance.

Houseplants

11 Orchids With Nearly Constant Blooms

Whether you’re an orchid expert or trying your hand at growing the exotic beauties, adding a long-blooming specimen to the collection increases the joy and diversity they offer. Some yield months of color, from easy-care varieties to more esoteric specimens. Explore the intrigue of long-flowering orchids with gardening expert Katherine Rowe for an extended display.

Round, purplish-red root vegetables with thin, elongated magenta stems and vibrant green leaves lie on soil, with loose dirt clinging to their roots.

Vegetables

When to Harvest Beets for The Best Flavor

Sweet, round, and juicy beets are autumn’s gift to the gardener! They’re an ideal crop for baking, fresh eating, or boiling. Harvest ripe ones at the right time, and you’ll enjoy peak flavor and impeccable textures. Learn when to pick them alongside backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.

A colorful assortment of vegetables with purple, green, and white heads nestled among broad, textured green leaves. The leafy greens have a wavy appearance, providing a lush background for the round and densely packed heads, which form a striking pattern in the garden bed.

Gardening Tips

Cultivar, Variety, Species, Genus: Botanical Terms Explained

Do the botanical terms used in plant naming confuse you? You’re not alone. Many gardeners, particularly beginners, avoid the seemingly complicated world of plant names. But gardening expert Madison Moulton is here to simplify them, explaining the differences between terms to help you become a better gardener.

A close-up of a woman's hands harvesting pomegranates and placing the round, deep red fruit with rough skin into a large wicker basket.

Fruits

5 Signs Your Pomegranates Are Ripe and Ready To Harvest

If you’ve never grown pomegranates, you may not know what signs to look out for or when they’re ready for harvest. If it’s your first time and you aren’t sure when to pick, join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she discusses five telltale signs that your pomegranates are ripe and ready to harvest.

A focused shot of a red-pink flower that is one of the native plants fall

Ornamental Gardens

15 Native Plants To Get In The Ground This Fall

Fall is the time for a refreshing shake-up, from transplanting and dividing to incorporating new garden additions. Native plants offer high ornamental value and enrichment to the arrangement. This season, consider adding specimens for winter interest and lasting appeal, as well as wildflowers that benefit from chilly temperatures. Enjoy the extended merits of top-performing native selections with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

A focused and close-up shot of the autumn damask roses sprinkled with water droplets in a bright sunlight area outdoors

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Autumn Damask Roses

If you're looking for a rose that keeps blooming into the fall months, look no further than Autumn Damask Roses. The habit is in the name of these wonderful plants! Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn about growing Autumn Damask cultivars.

A focused shot of the mythic dragonite alocasia

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Mythic® Dragonite™ Alocasia

If you’re looking to squeeze another eye-catching houseplant into your collection without taking up too much space, look no further than Mythic® Dragonite Alocasia. This herbaceous species has scaly, dragon-esque leaves with a fun and unique texture. Once you have it set up properly, it’s fairly low-maintenance. Houseplant enthusiast Emily Estep will walk you through all the details on how to plant, grow, and care for Mythic® Dragonite.

A person wearing bright yellow boots stands on a bed of orange and brown fallen foliage, using an orange tool with wide plastic tines that are evenly spaced, gently moving through the dry foliage.

Gardening Tips

Should You Rake Leaves Off of Perennial Garden Beds?

Leaves are free sources of garden nutrients. Each autumn, they fall in thick layers, decorating lawns, beds, and containers. What should you do with them? Let’s see if we should rake them or leave them be. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant as we dive deep underground to see how leaves benefit the soil.

A focused shot of multiple variations of the German turnip, that shows kohlrabi harvest

Vegetables

How and When to Harvest Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi is a unique-looking vegetable that’s growing popular worldwide! It’s a cabbage family relative that forms a large, edible bulb-like structure aboveground. Kohlrabi has some growing secrets we’ll reveal below. Use this guide from backyard grower Jerad Bryant to discover when and how to harvest this tasty crop.