Viburnum

This versatile group of shrubs has year-round garden appeal. Which one is right for your garden?

8 Solutions for Spring Garden Problems

Spring is full of anticipation and hope for a successful garden season.

2025 READER CONTAINER CHALLENGE

Don't get stuck with the same old container combinations year after year.

Drought - Tolerant Beauty

Faced with hot, dry summers, this gardener has created a resilient garden filled with tough plants.

THE BIG HAUL

WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS, HEAVY LIFTING IN THE GARDEN GETS A LOT EASIER. THESE ARE OUR FAVORITES!

POWDERY MILDEW

Learn how to identify, control and prevent this common fungal disease.

Annual eranium

Bold blooms and fancy foliage keep your garden filled with color from planting to frost.

How Many Hydrangeas Are Too Many Hydrangeas?

Since I was a teenager and read Summer Since Sisters by Judy Blume for the first time, I have wanted to vacation on Martha's Vineyard.

GARDEN ESSENTIALS ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.

ELEVATE YOUR GARDEN WITH RAISED BEDS.

Spring Ephemerals to Treasure in the Garden

When you walk through the woods in early spring before the trees leaf out, you may be delighted to see lovely wildflowers blooming before anything else is even up and growing.

WHICH shade PERENNIAL IS RIGHT FOR YOU?

Hosta is a shade gardener’s best friend. With thousands of cultivars to choose from in a wide range of sizes, shapes and foliage colors, it offers endless ways to keep your borders fresh and exciting.

Backyard Tornado

\"HE WHO SEARCHES FOR SPRING WITH HIS KNEES IN THE MUD FINDS IT, IN ABUNDANCE.\" - ALDO LEOPOLD

Front-of-the-Border "Wow!" Power

When it comes to easy-care plants that bring a lot of punch to the border, 'Ivory Queen' Turkestan onion should be near the top of your shopping list.

GARDEN ESSENTIALS

MAKE GARDENING EASIER THIS YEAR

Elevate an Evergreen Hedge

Although an evergreen hedge looks suitable all year on its own, it's perfectly poised to become something even greater: a backdrop to a garden where flower after flower will unfurl with such drama, you just might find yourself stepping outside and offering your applause.

One Garden, Two Worlds

In this colorful and welcoming garden, sunny, flower-filled front borders transition to a shady backyard hideaway.

on edge

Four garden pros share their go-to edging techniques.

DIANTHUS

Add fragrance, vivid color and timeless charm with this reliable, cold-hardy perennial.

2025's Best New Plants!

Are you ready to start planning for next year's garden? A few new plants might be just what you need to bring those dreams to reality.

Solve Garden Problems With Ground Covers

Are you tired of coaxing turfgrass to grow in difficult spots? In her book Groundcover Revolution, Kathy Jentz says that ground covers can be the solution to these struggles.

The Romance of Spring

With the arrival of spring, emerging perennials fill the garden with soft texture, restoring life to the harsh, often barren landscape of winter.

Spinach - Learn the secrets to growing this tasty green in spring and fall.

If you're one of those gardeners who can't wait to get started in spring and hates to throw in the trowel in fall, spinach is the perfect shoulder season crop. This mild, earthy-flavored green comes in many varieties, ranging from crinkly-leafed savoys to slightly textured semi-savoys and the flat, smooth-leafed types. Colors can be dark green, light green and even red-veined. Here's how to get the most of it every year.

Why Bulb Depth Matters - Dig deep enough to ensure your plants stand tall and live the longest

When you're planting bulbs, it's tempting to just dig a hole as deep as your trowel will reach easily, nestle the bulb in, cover it up and move on. But the fact is, each type of bulb will flower best and thrive at a different depth.A good rule of thumb is to plant a bulb two to three times its height. One reason planting depth is important is because it helps to keep the bulbs protected from fluctuations in temperature that happen closer to the surface.

GARDEN ESSENTIALS

FALL GARDEN CLEANUP TOOLS

Saving Seeds

Saving flower seeds is a great way to get more plants with almost no investment. It's easy to do. Here's how to save seeds from some of your favorite annuals as the growing season winds down.

Cucumber Trellis Flop

I watched cucumber trellis growers online for several seasons with envy. What a brilliant way to save space in raised garden beds and make it look fancy! Finally, I was sold and decided to try it in my garden.

9 Tough Perennials for Clay Soil

Whether you garden in the nutrient-poor red clay of the Southeast, the calcium combined-with-clay caliche of the West or something in between, the common denominator is that clay soil is difficult to grow in. Why? Tiny particles of clay hold tightly together, slowing drainage and limiting the amount of oxygen that can reach plant roots. You've seen the resultsanemic-looking or rotting plants.

Garden Fences

Discover the perfect blend of functionality, style, and materials for your ideal fence.

A GARDEN OF STORIES

Learn plant and project tips from a couple who's been gardening here for nearly 50 years.

Switchgrass

Adaptable switchgrass goes with the flow.