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Female hands in blue gloves divide fall perennials, including a daffodil plant with round tubers and narrow, elongated green leaves that arch gracefully.

Ornamental Gardens

15 Tips for Dividing Your Perennials This Fall

Are you ready to divide some of your garden perennials? Dividing perennials provides several benefits and is a great gardening task for cooler fall weather. Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we discuss 15 simple tips to help you get the most out of your experience as you prepare to divide your favorite perennials.

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Trees

7 Tips For Protecting Newly-Planted Trees

Bare-root, container, and B&B trees thrive after planting with some care. Give them the right treatment, and they’ll reward you with shade, blossoms, and fruits or nuts. These nine tips from nursery tree grower Jerad Bryant will help your new specimens perform to the best of their ability.

Bright orange Cucurbita pepo fruits with deep ridges rest on rich, dark soil among sprawling green vines and leaves, basking in the warm sunlight.

Gardening Tips

When and How to Fertilize Pumpkins

Pumpkins are generally considered heavy feeders, benefitting from additional nutrients throughout the season to perform their best. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains when and how to fertilize pumpkins for the best results.

Clusters of orange and yellow daylilies with elongated petals and narrow green leaves grow densely together under soft sunlight.

Gardening Inspiration

19 Perennials to Plant in September

Are you itching to do some planting now that the weather is cooling off, and it's nice to be outside in the garden again? There are some wonderful perennials that you can plant in September. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has a list of some favorites that enjoy fall planting

A lush cluster of Prunella vulgaris plants, showcasing their small, purple flowers set against vibrant green foliage.

Herbs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Self-Heal

Self-heal is a very useful perennial herb for the herb garden. It’s edible and has many healing properties. It also grows well and has pretty purple flowers that bees and butterflies love. Learn more about growing these plants with Wendy Moulton as she explains the basics of getting it right.

A person wearing gloves places a small leafy plant, removed from a pot, into a soil hole.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Transplant Shrubs and Trees: 8 Pro Tips

Fall and spring are excellent seasons to add new shrubs and trees to your backyard. You’ll want them to take off with new growth without having setbacks or diseases. These 8 tips guide you through the transplanting process to ensure your plants survive and thrive. Discover how the pros transplant shrubs alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

A bright, beautiful interior with various houseplants featuring large, shiny, elongated, and variegated leaves in diverse shapes and colors, enhancing the home's appeal for sale.

Houseplants

9 Houseplants That Will Help You Sell Your Home

When you’re preparing to sell your home, houseplants could be your secret weapon. Using houseplants in staging creates the welcoming and personal atmosphere buyers are looking for. Gardening expert Madison Moulton lists 9 houseplants that will help you sell your home (and a few that you shouldn’t use).

Yellow and orange French marigolds bloom vibrantly amid green leaves in a wooden raised bed.

Flowers

17 Annual Flowers That Will Bloom Until First Frost

If you want to keep your garden blooming as long as possible, some great annual flowers can bloom right up to the first freeze. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some beautiful plants to share that will continue until Jack Frost turns up for the winter.

Brightly colored flowers with fiery red centers and yellow-tipped petals create a vibrant display amidst dense green foliage.

Ornamental Gardens

33 Native Plants That Bloom in Fall

Native plants are diverse, hardy, colorful, and easy to grow. Does your native garden need some fall-blooming annuals, perennials, grasses, or vines? Luckily, plenty of native plants have spectacular fall flowers. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen describes 33 native plants that liven up your fall landscape.

An example of keyhole gardening with multiple raised garden beds with compost, vegetables and other greens

Gardening Inspiration

7 Benefits of Keyhole Gardening

Are you curious about keyhole gardening? This simple gardening technique allows you to combine all the benefits of composting with all the benefits of raised bed gardening, all in one place! Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we discuss seven practical benefits of using keyhole gardening to supercharge your garden, all in one compact space.