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A vibrant cluster of sunflowers, each with bright yellow petals surrounding a brown central disc. The green leaves are arranged alternately, creating a visually stunning and lively composition against the exposed green background.

Flowers

27 Best Flowers for Hot, Humid Climates

If you are looking for flowering plants to grow in your hot, humid climate garden, look no further. Tropical plant enthusiast Melissa Strauss has 27 flowering plants that will thrive in your tropical and sub-tropical garden.

A close-up captures the pink Nicotiana flowers amidst lush green leaves. The delicate petals gracefully unfold, catching the warm rays of sunlight as they bask in nature's embrace, showcasing their beauty and serenity.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Nicotiana

Nicotiana flowering tobacco is a beautiful flower to add to your garden or into container arrangements. The trumpet-shaped flowers come in many colors, and the smell is intoxicating. Certified master gardener Laura Elsner will walk you through how to grow nicotiana.

low-maintenance cottage garden. View of a large cottage garden with various plants. The garden has raised beds and vertical wooden trellises with climbing vines of roses and Clematis. The beds contain various flowering plants such as yarrow, lavender, roses, and various herbaceous plants such as rosemary, thyme, basil and others.

Gardening Tips

9 Tips for a Low-Maintenance Cottage Garden

If you want to plant a cottage garden but don’t think you have time to maintain one, we have some tips that will help get you on the right track. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss can help you get started on a low-maintenance cottage garden!

Close-up of a gardener's hand holding a blue spade with white granular fertilizer near a flowering Asclepias syriaca plant in a sunny garden. It features tall, upright stems with broad, lance-shaped leaves that are arranged in opposite pairs along the stem. Common milkweed produces clusters of small, fragrant pink to purplish flowers atop the stems.

Fertilizer

Do I Need to Fertilize Native Plants?

Whether you’re starting a new garden or enjoying a well-established landscape, you know that plants require some regular maintenance. If you’re a fan of native plants, you may have wondered if you need to fertilize them on a regular basis like some of your other garden plants. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will help guide you through some tips for caring for your native plants.

View of woodland plants in the garden. Flowering Erythronium plant on a blurred background. Erythronium features slender, arching stems adorned with one or two nodding, bell-shaped flowers of bright yellow color. The plant produces glossy, mottled leaves that are heart-shaped or lanceolate, adding to its ornamental appeal.

Ornamental Gardens

27 Gorgeous Plants For Your Woodland Garden

Are you looking for some beautiful plants to fill in your woodland garden? Woodland gardens can be peaceful and natural wonderlands, bursting with life, but you need to know which plants will grow best in the shade of trees. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen shares 27 of her favorite easy-to-grow woodland plants.

View of a food forest with various plants in a sunny garden. In the garden, various edible crops are grown in layers from trees to ground cover plants. There are fruit trees, tall sunflowers, raspberry bushes, climbing cucumber plants, tomato plants, zucchini, various herbs and ground cover plants including strawberries.

Edible

How To Grow A Food Forest

Food forests are sustainable, edible ecosystems designed to match the diversity and balance of a natural forest. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains the benefits of food forests and how you can create your own in five steps.