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If you’ve noticed gorgeous fall foliage lately and want to bring some to your landscape, we have just the thing. Here are 15 trees with the most spectacular fall foliage around. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss in learning more about these trees that flaunt such vivid autumn leaves!
As leaves fall and reveal crisscrossing branches, your first impulse may be to grab the pruners! Fall is an ideal time to prune species that bloom on new wood and cold hardy species. You’ll want to avoid chopping spring-blooming plants that bloom on old wood. Learn 13 of the most common shrubs you should leave alone during the fall alongside native plant gardener Jerad Bryant.
The weather is cooling and your perennials are getting ready to go dormant for the winter. Do you know which ones to cut back for the season? Take a guided tour with gardening expert Liessa Bowen to learn about 25 popular perennials to cut back in October to help clean up your garden before winter.
Alliums bring high color, structure, and reliable style to the perennial border and planter. Their stately globe-shaped florets complement any garden style. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in how to plant these sculptural, pollinator-attracting blooms this fall for a late spring display.
If you're looking forward to a stunning garden in early spring, October is just right for planting beautiful spring-blooming bulbs. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to dig up some of the prettiest blooming bulbs around!
Autumn is here! While the garden may be starting to rest and die down, there are some things you can do to keep it in tip-top shape. Get ready to compost, replenish soils, and save seeds before winter frost arrives. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant and complete these 13 essential October gardening tasks.
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Messy gardens perfectly represent this phrase, as they create a new standard of ornamental beauty in the landscape. They also save you a ton of work! Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to see how a messy garden can boost biodiversity while saving you time and money.
With black leaves, oddball shapes, and possibly even carnivorous appendages, there are way more spooky houseplants out there than you’d think. Some are easier to grow than others, but they all add a creepy ambiance to the home. Just in time for the holiday, houseplant enthusiast Emily Estep has gathered a list of Halloween houseplants for you to add to your seasonal or year-round collection.
It’s planting time and you’re excited to start some new bulbs in your garden. Do you know how to determine if those bulbs are fresh, healthy, and ready to grow? Gardening expert Liessa Bowen shares 10 simple tips to help you examine your bulbs like a pro!
Autumn harvests, transplanting, and seed-sowing hinge on the accuracy of your estimated fall frost date. Join garden expert and former organic farmer Logan Hailey to find one of the most important dates for your garden, and understand why it matters.
Add color to your winter garden by planting hardy-blooming perennials with beautiful foliage. These plants resist recurring frosts, and some bloom despite freezing temperatures! If you’ve had bad luck with winter annuals, try a few of these 15 tough perennials.
Garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow, although it sometimes has issues during the growing season. The last thing you want is a mold or watering issue to threaten your bulb harvest! Join longtime Allium gardener Jerad Bryant in discovering the problems you should watch for when growing garlic.