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Gardening Tips

How To Divide Summer Phlox for New, Healthy Plants

If you’re established garden phlox isn’t blooming as vigorously as it once did, or if you want to expand the collection, division is a simple way to rejuvenate the crop. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to divide summer phlox for the best return to glory and expansion of the show.

Many landscape shrubs appearing lovely with various blooms, growing deep green leaves placed somewhere with sunlight and shade

Shrubs

11 Shrub Recommendations For Your New Home Landscape

Landscaping a new home can be exciting and enjoyable. It's a chance to shape your space into something beautiful, personal, and functional. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some wonderful shrubs for the foundation of your landscape.

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Gardening Tips

7 Tricks for Keeping Potted Tomato Plants Healthy

Is your garden already full of plants? Don’t despair! Instead, use containers! Potted tomato plants easily fit next to beds, walkways, and borders. Whether you have a full-on container garden or a single tomato plant in a pot, these seven tricks will help you cultivate happy, healthy, and beautiful tomatoes!

A big bush of Kumara plicatilis with countless green leaves called fan aloe forming a thick layer of plat parts

Cacti & Succulents

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Fan Aloe

Fan aloe is a fascinating and unique succulent shrub with fantastic foliage and attractive flowers. It's tough and low-maintenance, and adds a fun flair to warm climate gardens. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to discuss how to plant and grow this beautiful plant.

Field of colorful spring bulb tulip flowers considered short lived perennials.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Common Perennials That are Short-Lived

Short-lived perennials have clever uses in the garden. Whether you need a quick grower or a profuse bloomer, these plants make up for their short lives with vigorous qualities. Longtime gardener Jerad Bryant recommends these 11 common perennials for a short-lived meadow.

A gardener in high rubber boots pours wood chips from a large bag around an evergreen arborvitae, illustrating the dos and don'ts of applying mulch.

Mulch

9 Mulch Dos and Don’ts

Mulching is a bit more complicated nowadays than it used to be! There are many different options to choose from, and you may wonder which type is right for your garden. Wonder no more! Professional landscaper Jerad Bryant shares nine mulch dos and don'ts.

A carpet of vibrant plants spreading in shade, with periwinkle-blue five-petaled flowers nestled among small, dark green oval leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

15 Beautiful Plants that Spread Aggressively in Shade

Shade gardens are hidden gems. They hide under tall trees, walls, and structures that conceal their beautiful flowers and lush leaves. For large empty spaces in the shade, you’ll want aggressive spreaders that can outcompete weeds. Start with one of these 15 beautiful plants that creep and spread.

An indoor garden features lush, vibrant pink flowering vines creating an archway over a rectangular blue pool, illustrating plants that never grow around pool areas.

Ornamental Gardens

Never Grow These 11 Plants Around Your Pool

Planting around a pool requires careful planning. You want to strike the right balance between beauty, practicality, and maintenance. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to discuss some of the plants that you should never consider when landscaping your pool deck.