Gardening How-To

Here are tips for growing this durable, long-blooming and attractive favorite of gardeners and pollinators.

Here are three bright summer annuals that are favorites of bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.

Few plants offer the brilliant colors of coleus leaves. Read on for growing tips and more for this versatile, easy-to-grow annual.

These beautiful native plants work well in low-maintenance gardens or in areas that are hard to reach with a hose or sprinkler.

Learn how to plant care for the various forms of this showy, easy to grow gardeners favorite.

Here are some long-blooming plants that are ideal for eye-catching hanging planters.

Check our tips for growing this versatile, colorful and hardy annual flower.

Tender Oxalis comes in a range of hues and can be kept in containers inside or out, or planted as an annual in the ground.

Look for these new long-blooming varieties of favorite perennials.

Get to know and grow this hardy, animal-resistant perennial for shade.

Check our tips for forcing spring bulbs into bloom indoors during the winter months.

Snowdrops are among the earliest flowers to bloom, often emerging through February snow.

Plants fall into three categories based on their life expectancy. Know the difference to help you to plan your flower gardens.

Did you know that alliums are the ornamental version of onions?

Perennials like the Japanese Anemone are among a handful of late bloomers that can add life to your garden.

Cold-hardy perennials with starry, daisy-like flowers, Asters are pollinator-friendly stars of late summer and mid-fall.

Here are some attention-getting plants to help bring your garden to life.

Few flowers come with so many different looks and in so many colors and bicolors. Here are some tips for growing them in your garden.

Get acquainted with sun-loving garden favorite Shasta daisy and its cousins.

There are so many reasons to include these cheery, easy-to-grow cheery flowers in your sunny garden.

Try growing colorful and care-free zinnias. They're easy to start from seed and long lasting.

Learn how to tame garden bullies - dominating plants that can take over in your garden.

Learn how easy it is to grow gladiolus for color and height in your summer garden.

Learn the difference between the pot classic annual red geranium and "real" perennial geraniums.

Rose breeders have been hard at work on developing easy to grow, scented roses. Here are a few to know.

Here are some tips for successfully adapting to the challenges of gardening in the shade and creating a serene garden space.

Consider choosing flowering plants, shrubs and trees native to your region to provide food and shelter for birds.

Flowering vines can add color, privacy and height to your garden. Here are some options and tips to help you go vertical.

Facts about this old-fashioned, cold-hardy and fragrant garden favorite.

Design tips and plant suggestions for building beautiful containers for shady spots.

Here are some tips to help you decide which plants to add to your garden this year.

Rely on the cheery early blooms of the common primrose to brighten up shady areas in spring.

Since they are poisonous when eaten, so you won’t need fencing or repellents to grow these critter-proof bulbs.

Calla lillies can be grown houseplants all year, or in the ground as annuals in the north or perennials in the southern and western states.

Cheerful pansies and violas can brighten your garden beds in mild weather. Check these growing tips.

With the right indoor conditions, colorful African Violets are a snap to grow.

Learn how to grow this popular indoor holiday plant and it's outdoor cousin.

Learn how easy it is to sprout bulbs for colorful flowers to brighten the indoors.

The best seeds to sow outside in fall are those that bloom early in the year. Here are some tips for success.

Here are some tips for choosing and growing orchids in your home.

Check our budget-conscious tips to tidy up and improve the appearance of your front yard.

Here are 8 spring-blooming flower bulbs that reliably bloom every year and increase as they spread.

Many types of roses are easy to grow. Here are tips for growing roses successfully in your yard.

These heat-tolerant annual flowers can take the heat of summer and bloom all season.

Succulents have become increasingly popular in recent years. They’re compact, versatile, colorful, and easy to grow. Find out more about growing these low-care naturals for rock gardens, sunny slopes and more.

Bees and bugs are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of the world’s plants, but habitat loss has reduced populations to problem levels. Learn how you can welcome pollinating insects by planting native trees, shrubs and perennials that provide food sources and shelter to these important insects.

Here are 10 ideas for planting bulbs in fall with some of the best bulb choices for each setting.

Just as with inside style, a home’s landscape can and should reflect the tastes and lifestyles of the inhabitants. Here are 10 theme-garden possibilities.

Take your yard to a new level by landscaping with plants in containers on decks, patios and in opportune spots throughout the yard. It’s easier than tending plants in the ground and works in small space garden areas.

Gardeners are choosing to plant soft, pastel, calming shades this year to counteract hectic, always-plugged-in lifestyles.

Looking for another design option for bulbs? Why not try the meadow approach to bulb planting for a looser, more casual look.

New hybrid geraniums feature better heat tolerance and performance for healthier-looking geraniums with more blooms, attractive forms and new colors by crossing ivy-leafed geraniums with American favorite zonal types

The recent wave of low-care and long-blooming “shrub roses,” have made rose-growing practical and easy even for those that feel they lack a green thumb.

A deadly and fast-spreading disease called downy mildew decimated impatiens in 2012, but weather conditions and planting cutbacks helped to limit the spread of the disease in 2013. So what are gardeners to make of this as they plan this spring’s flower choices?

These cold-tolerant early-starters make good additions to the landscape because they have the good sense to bloom when little else is going on and when color is most appreciated.

Looking for a more fragrant rose? Discover interesting facts about rose scent and learn which varieties are known for their fragrance.

The camellia has long been a staple of Southeastern landscapes with its glossy, evergreen foliage and rose-like flowers. Thanks to recent breeding and warmer winters, winter-hardy varieties are now are good options for some colder American gardens. Here are some tips for growing these "hardy camellias" in the North.

Hanging flower baskets are increasingly popular as a way to add eye-level color to decks and porches – without the fuss of digging, weeding and rabbit-fighting. Learn the keys to basket success.

The queen of fall flowers – the chrysanthemum or “mum” – often ends up as a late-season throw-away, But garden mums are perennials in most of the U.S. With a little know-how, garden mums will come back reliably for many years.

If space is a premium in your yard – or if you’re looking for a low-maintenance way to fancy-up your deck or patio, think about planting containers as a way to add color and vitality exactly where you need it.

Even if you didn’t plant bulbs last fall or in previous years, you can still brighten the landscape with cold hardy plants early spring color.

Roses traditionally have required a lot of work to keep them disease and insect free, that is all changed with breeding breakthroughs in landcape roses.

The two primary reasons for fertilizing ornamental plants are to encourage growth and to create a healthy plant, the goals are not mutually exclusive, learn how to choose the right fertilizer for your plant.