Ornamental Gardens

Learn how to cultivate beautiful ornamental gardens and how to troubleshoot common pests, diseases, and growing problems!

A vibrant display of densely packed flowers with broad, delicate petals, featuring shades of light pink and deep magenta with spotted patterns in the center, often considered among the best flowers for allergies.

Flowers

11 Best Flowers for Allergy Sufferers

If you’re an allergy sufferer, but you love flowers, despair not! There are plenty of options out there that won’t cause reactions. Experienced gardener Sarah Jay lists 11 flowers that people with allergies can plant away.

Close-up of a gardener's hands with pruning shears trimming a large, pink rose flower with slightly wilted petals in a sunny garden, showing how to prevent the most common rose pruning mistakes.

Shrubs

Rose Pruning Don’ts: 5 Ways You’re Damaging Your Bushes

Rose pruning looks straightforward until you start seeing problems develop after cutting. These common mistakes can weaken plants, invite disease, and reduce flowering for years to come. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains how to avoid the pruning errors that damage roses.

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.

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 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.