Epic Gardening: Simple, Practical Gardening Tips

A diverse garden display featuring varied plant sizes, colors, and textures. Small, delicate white flowers contrast with vibrant orange blooms and soft pink blossoms. Lush green leaves provide a verdant backdrop to this lively floral composition.

When to Start Seeds in Zone 9

Wondering when to start seeds in zone 9? Join former vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski as she shares when to plant seeds so you end up with healthy crops.

Close-up of a Service Berry Tree in a sunny garden. The tree possesses oval, finely toothed leaves that alternate along the branches. The plant produces clusters of small, round berries that range in color from red to purple-black, resembling miniature apples.

Trees

How To Plant, Grow, and Care for Serviceberry Trees

If you’re looking for a piece for your garden or property that adds year-round interest, look no further. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she discusses how to plant, grow, and care for the versatile Serviceberry trees.

Herbs

How to Create Simple Herbal Tea Blends From the Garden

Texas Master Naturalist Sarah Jay loves a good cup of herbal tea any time of day and year. Here, Sarah outlines some awesome recipes for tea from our friend, herbal enthusiast PNW Ana, that you can grow in your own garden.

Flowers

21 Beautiful Summer-Blooming Flowers for Cutting Gardens

If you’re looking for some wonderful plants to add to your cut flower garden that will bloom during the summer months, look no further. Here are 21 wonderful types of summer-blooming flowers that are perfect for the cutting garden.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Chicory

With stunning periwinkle flowers, bitter roots, and a low-maintenance habit, chicory is a welcome addition to many gardens. Join vegetable farmer Briana Yablonski as she explains how to plant, grow, and care for common chicory.

An automatic sprinkler system waters a field of green plants, delivering a gentle shower. The soil glistens with moisture, forming small puddles that nourish the roots. The plants stand refreshed, soaking in the rejuvenating rainfall.

Gardening Tips

Is Overhead Watering Bad For Plants?

When you’re starting a new garden or have grown to a size where an irrigation system is necessary for success, you must decide which type of system you’ll choose. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she shares what she’s learned about overhead watering and if it is, in fact, bad for plants.

Close-up of trap slugs with beer in the garden. There is a red bowl full of slugs and beer. Slugs have soft, elongated bodies that are brownish-gray in color.

Garden Pests

Can You Trap Slugs With Beer?

It’s a damp spring, and there are sporadic, smooth holes in your beautiful garden greens. There are shiny trails of slime nearby. Ugh, slugs. We’ve all been there. So what to do? Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she dives into the simple art of trapping slugs with beer.

Close-up of Ludisia orchids in a clay pot against a blurred background. Ludisia orchids are known for their captivating appearance, characterized by lush and velvety foliage. The leaves are lance-shaped with pointed tips. They are dark green with maroon undertones, feature intricate silver or white veins, creating a distinctive and ornate pattern.

Houseplants

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Jewel Orchids (Ludisia discolor)

If you’re looking for a new challenge in orchid collecting, Ludisia, or Jewel Orchids, are surprisingly simple to grow. Orchid enthusiast Melissa Strauss has the lowdown on caring for these pretty plants.

Close-up of a blooming Antigonon leptopus, commonly known as Coral Vine, in a sunny garden. The plant displays a cascading profusion of heart-shaped leaves of light green color and bright pink clusters of small, tubular flowers. The flowers form in panicles, creating a visually appealing and captivating display.

Ornamental Gardens

17 Well-Behaved Vines to Climb an Arbor or Trellis

If you are looking for a vining plant to accent a trellis, arbor, or other vertical landscape element, you’ve come to the right place. Here are 17 beautiful vines that will accent your structures without taking over the entire garden.

Close-up of a blooming Goldenrod plant, belonging to the Solidago genus. It graces landscapes with clusters of plume-like flowers in a striking yellow hue. These flowers are neatly arranged in dense, elongated spikes, standing tall above the plant's serrated, lance-shaped leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Goldenrod

Are you looking for some showy fall-blooming perennials for your wildflower garden? There are many different species of goldenrods you can use to attract pollinators, enhance your native plant garden, or start a pocket prairie garden. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will introduce goldenrods and how to grow these showy wildflowers.

Close-up of Spiral Aloe leaves. The Spiral Aloe (Aloe polyphylla) is a remarkable succulent prized for its striking and intricate appearance. This plant produces a stunning rosette of spiraling, fleshy leaves. The tightly packed leaves create a symmetrical spiral pattern. Each leaf is armed with small, soft spines along its margins.

Houseplants

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Spiral Aloe

Do you want to add the eye-catching fractal leaves of spiral aloe to your landscape? Grow this rare, enchanting spiralized succulent in rock gardens and containers with extra well-drained soil and mild temperatures. Garden expert Logan Hailey digs into all the details for cultivating this African native plant.

Close-up of blooming zinnias in a sun exposure garden. These sun-loving plants feature opposite, lance-shaped leaves along their stems, forming a lush backdrop to their colorful blooms. The Zinnia flowers come in various shapes, including single, semi-double, and double forms, with a wide array of vivid hues such as red and pink. The blossoms often exhibit a daisy-like structure with prominent central disks surrounded by ray florets.