Learn which Hosta companion plants will look the best in your yard with lots of shade garden pictures to provide inspiration and ideas.
4 simple ways to arrange flowers and plants in your garden to get that beautiful layered look that you want... even if you're a beginner!
Alliums are a long-blooming perennial that are rich in color and height. Learn how to grow alliums in your garden so you can enjoy its blooms all Spring!
Add a vertical touch to your garden by growing climbing plants in pots. These 35 Best Vines for Containers are perfect for both small and big gardens!
Because it's always mojito season somewhere.
Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
With the right plants and planting technique, you can cut weeding and watering to almost nothing! Learn how to grow a low-maintenance gravel garden here.
Growing gaura plants is easy. Just provide its basic needs and prevent root rot. More tips for care of the gaura plant and its uses. [LEARN MORE]
Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out our tips for even the smallest of spaces.
Cat repellent plants that cats hate really can stop pesky cats from : Pooping on gardens Digging up beds Digging in potted plants Squashing flowers & vegetables AND attacking birds!! Some plants can even keep
These colorful perennial water-loving plants need constant moisture; some will grow in standing water.
Designed by Matthew Cunningham, this garden is an ode to Maine: colorful and tough, with perennials that stand up to all kinds of weather and varmints.
This reader shares photos of his low-maintenance coral bells and hybrids featuring their fresh expanding foliage, lush colors and silvering.
A traditional shingled saltbox with a heavy arbor and flowering honeysuckle shadowing the front door looks right at home on Cape Cod. The problem? This hou
There are several ways to overwinter geraniums (Pelargoniums). With some newspaper, a cardboard box, paper bag, or a sunny windowsill, you can keep these tender perennials for the winter.
Enclose your yard with a hedge of flowering shrubs instead of fences to add color, texture, and even fragrance to your backyard space. Check out these top picks for large flowering bushes.
Dusty miller is an attractive, silvery plant that can serve as a stunner or offer a more subtle bit of color. Learn how to grow it now on Gardener's Path.
Gardening with Wildfires and drought is challening. Climate change can affect gardening and homesteading a lot. Gardening with wildfires has become normal
Learn more about geraniums (Geranium), including the difference between a geranium and pelargonium, before growing these gorgeous, low-maintenance flowers.
Mass planting of grasses and complementary colour palettes provide a sense of both unity and definition in this Hampshire garden.
So you want to have a beautiful yard filled with plants that will add character, but you have no sun because your entire yard is covered with trees? Do you have a back covered patio that’s in need of some refreshing and updating? Well, we at Garden Valley Farmers Market, have got you covered with o
April is one of my favorite months of the year. It is the month when gardens come alive. This is our first April at Patina Farm, and I wanted to share our gardens with you. Let's take a walk around Patina Farm... Our front pedestrian gate is shaded by this...
These water-wise plants grow effortlessly in droughty conditions and bloom in an array of colors—and best yet, they aren't all succulents.
I think I struck a cord with my last post highlighting a small suburban shade garden. Obviously gardeners are hungry for planting suggestions for shade. In this…
Epsom salt for plants, How to use it and why. Most soils are lacking in some nutrients. Epsom salt helps provide these essential nutrients for plant growth.
Free planting templates I often find getting started is the hardest part of many projects. I was recently reminded how true that is for gardening when a Master Gardener from Newport News wrote to me about a fantastic project she is working on with her fellow gardeners: a "Getting Started" kit tailored specifically to Virginia coastal gardens. This sounds like a terrific idea and I hope to be able to share it when it is ready for prime time. In the meantime, her note jogged
Epsom salt can be used as a natural fertilizer in the garden. Used in a spray-on solution, it helps fight magnesium deficiency in tomatoes and bell peppers and promotes vegetable growth.
Best Plants for Wet Soil - The wrong plants will most often succumb to root rot. Luckily, there are many shrubs, trees, and plants that like wet soil.
A richly textured grouping of colorful azaleas (Rhododendron) in the spring always draws my eye. I often find myself wandering in my local arboretum during springtime, shaking off the winter doldrums, and becoming immersed in
Is there anything lovelier than a shade garden on a warm day? It's hard to beat!
Looking for shade plants that can make your not-so-sunny garden look great? These are some of the best!
Die Längerkönner - Die einen fangen immer wieder von vorne an – die anderen pflanzen Stauden.
Stop deer in their tracks with our top recommendations for deer-resistant plants in the Pacific Northwest.
Give your guests a getaway within their getaway.
There’s no better way to make your house a home than improving the land that surrounds it. Having nothing but a flat patch of grass or dirt is rather wasteful considering you paid for that land, so make the most of it. A yard would naturally be the first choice for most homeowners, and for good reason.
Looking for a fuss-free perennial that's attractive, dependable, deer-resistant, multiseasonal and extremely long-lived? Meet baptisia-a prairie native whose beautiful spires are reminiscent of the beloved lupine, minus the maintenance.
Get to know this selection of spilling and draping plants. - by Roger Fox
Design a native landscaping plan that resonates with the general public. Consider these tips to keep your landcape from being the neighborhood "weed patch".
The Agapanthus, commonly referred to as the Lily-of-the-Nile or the African lily plant, displays large masses of striking blue or white flowers atop a tall and slender stalk. Learn more about this pla
Keep your garden looking amazing all year long with Garden Gate's top nine picks for multiseason plants for the garden.
Discover the best plants that don’t need sun for indoor planting and for your yards. Our guide shows you the top perennials and other drought tolerant plants for low lights and shades. Find the best flower plants for low sunlight and water. #lowsunlight #plants #lowlightplants
Have a shady spot in your yard? You will love these stunning and inspiring shade gardens and find some fantastic plant suggestions for shady spaces.
Orchids are relatively easy to grow with the right conditions, but almost every grower gets nervous at the thought of repotting an orchid. Learn more in this article.
Ornamental grasses are one of the most useful types of plants you can use in your landscape designs; here are five ideas to get you started, plus lots of beautiful grasses to achieve your favorite look.
The site: A medieval nobleman's summer retreat, a palace in ruins, in the Piedmontese hills of northern Italy. The challenge: Create a modern garden to com
Add beauty and curb appeal to your front yard with a sidewalk garden. Check out our tips for even the smallest of spaces.
