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Soil Improvement

9 Easy Ways to Improve Your Soil

Improving your soil is always a good use of time! It helps future plant species gain all the nutrients, moisture, and air they need to survive. It also boosts beneficial fungi, bacteria, and archaea belowground. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and discover nine easy ways to amend your garden’s soil.

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Ornamental Gardens

Fall Hosta Care: 5 Expert Tips

By the time mid-fall rolls around, your hosta plants probably look worn and ragged. Now is the perfect time to give them some extra care and prepare them for winter and the new year ahead. Join gardening enthusiast Liessa Bowen for some simple pro tips on end-of-year hosta care.

A pair of hands in yellow boots and gloves working with a small trowel to break up the brown, crumbly dirt in a raised wooden bed. A green bucket and metal watering can are placed beside the bed, and the surrounding area is neatly arranged with gravel.

Soil Improvement

7 Benefits of Amending Your Soil in the Fall

Autumn is an ideal time to amend soils. Why? Soil amendments decay during fall and winter to form fertile, rich, crumbly soils in spring. You’ll have plantable beds ready for vegetables, wildflowers, and fruits. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and learn the benefits of applying improvements now rather than in the spring.

The buttonbush shrub displays broad, lance-shaped green leaves with dense, ball-shaped white flowers covered in tiny protruding stamens.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Buttonbush

Buttonbush is a loose, informal native that tolerates wide-ranging conditions and offers numerous ecological benefits. The unique globe blooms and showy seed pods bring lasting seasonal interest while attracting pollinators and songbirds. Explore adding buttonbush to your garden’s native palette with expert Katherine Rowe.

A blooming pomegranate tree without fruit showcases vibrant, deep red flowers with ruffled petals, nestled among glossy green leaves.

Fruits

7 Reasons There’s No Fruit on Your Pomegranate Tree

Most gardeners plant pomegranate trees with hopes of one day harvesting juicy fruits. But what are you to do if your tree never fruits? Farmer Briana Yablonski explains several reasons why there are no pomegranates on your tree and shares how to get your plant to produce fruit.

This colorado native wildflower has delicate, feathery green leaves and slender, hairy stems that support bell-shaped flowers with soft, lavender petals and bright yellow centers.

Flowers

21 Native Wildflowers for Colorado Gardens

Colorado’s famed wildflowers enliven the landscape in a flash of welcomed color. With showy blooms and textures that offer multi-season appeal, they withstand cold winters and offer numerous ecosystem benefits. Fall is the time to sow many of the native favorites. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the Centennial State’s native bloomers.

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Fruits

11 Pear Tree Growing Problems and How to Solve Them

Pears are worthy of the home orchard for their bounty of late-season sweet, juicy, flavorful fruits. While relatively easygoing, there are pests and diseases that may target the trees and fruits as they develop. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a look at common pear tree problems and how to treat and prevent them.

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Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Crane Red’ Ornamental Kale

You thought flowers were the only option for a bouquet? Think again. ‘Crane Red’ ornamental kale is a stunning cultivar with a hot pink center that fades to blue-green on the outer leaves. With a rapid vertical growth rate, it quickly forms the shape of a rose, with a distinct “flower” and stem. As the season gets colder, the pink grows even stronger. Plant biologist Emily Estep will explain how to plant, grow, and care for ‘Crane Red’ kale.