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Looking to elevate your fall floral displays? Gardening enthusiast and biologist Lindsay Miller introduces the most stunning amaranth varieties that will add heaps of color and texture to your autumn arrangements.
If you garden in a moderate to warm climate, Distylium may be just the evergreen you didn’t know you needed. The architectural shrub fills a variety of roles and does so effortlessly. If attractiveness, reliable performance, and little to no maintenance sound appealing, join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a review of how to grow these well-rounded specimens.
Sweetshrub, with ornamental flowers and foliage and a delicate, fruity fragrance, is worthy of a spot in the garden. The native shrub is a robust grower with multiseason appeal, valued not only for its unique, carefree beauty but also for its adaptability and value to pollinators and wildlife. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the many merits of Calycanthus.
Cranberries make the delicious juice you find in grocery stores. But can you grow cranberry plants at home? They have some cultivating challenges but can thrive in home gardens with the right treatment. Learn what cranberries need alongside native plant gardener Jerad Bryant.
Frogs are great garden helpers and give us valuable information about the health of the surrounding environment. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to uncover the advantages of attracting these amphibians and some tips on making it happen.
With winter on the horizon, fall is the best time to dig bulbs that are susceptible to cold damage. Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn about five bulbs, tubers, corms, and rhizomes you should dig up now.
Knowing the optimal time to dig up your flower tubers can help you protect your plants for the growing season ahead. In this article, gardening enthusiast Lindsay Miller delves into the details to keep your beloved blooms thriving year after year
Autumn is the ideal time to add soil improvements. They’ll start to break down this season and continue working slowly during the cool months. In spring, you’ll enjoy fresh, crumbly dirt that’s prime and ready for new seedlings! Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to see the 13 fall soil amendments you should add today.
Our container garden specimens are often too valuable to sacrifice to winter extremes. To get creative on preserving your favorites, employ crafty measures of insulated overwintering. Streamlined techniques using household and natural materials offer winter protection and may even promote an earlier spring reemergence. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores ways to enhance insulation for overwintering success.
If you're a warm climate gardener in Zones 8 and higher, you can plant sweet peas in the fall for gorgeous blooms in winter and spring. North Florida gardener Melissa Strauss shares her method for growing swoon-worthy sweet peas in autumn.
Learn why you may want to try leaving your dahlias in the ground for the winter and how to increase the odds they'll come back next season! Wendy Moulton will take you through the steps to ensure successful flowers in spring and summer.
There is an art to storing dahlia tubers that keeps them healthy and ready to spring back into action when the weather warms up. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to uncover some mistakes you can avoid to keep your bulbs fresh and maintain their dormancy until spring.