Ornamental Gardens

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

Border annual flowers feature clusters of small, vibrant flowers in shades of pink, yellow, and orange bloom atop square, slightly hairy stems with rough, deep green serrated leaves.

Flowers

15 Workhorse Annual Flowers for Your Garden Borders

Reliable annuals do the heavy lifting for an instant boost to refresh the landscape. With extended flowering, they offer months of continuous color. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring durable annuals that shine in the border with easy care, whether in a mass or complementing a blended display.

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Ornamental Gardens

How and When to Prune Climbing Roses

Climbing roses play a spectacular role in the garden. Whether climbing a trellis or draped over a fence, they bring a dramatic elegance that few plants are capable of. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to discuss the proper timing and methods of pruning to maximize the performance of your climbing roses.

Close-up of the April longest lasting annual flowers featuring rounded flower heads blending warm peach, soft yellow, and rosy pink hues above textured dark green foliage.

Flowers

13 Longest-Lasting Annual Flowers to Plant in April

April is a great time for planting flowering annuals. If you want to get the longest bloom time possible, it's important to choose the right plants. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some of the longest-blooming annuals you can add to your space.

ageratum purple flowers

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Ageratum

Agertum’s easy-going nature and unique blooms make it an excellent addition to cut flower gardens, flower boxes, and planters. If you want to grow it at home, join flower farmer Briana Yablonski to learn planting and care tips.

The flowerbed contains perennials with clusters of star-shaped purple flowers with golden-yellow centers bloom on slender green stems with narrow leaves, which should be divided right now.

Ornamental Gardens

15 Perennials You Should Divide Now

It’s getting close to summer and time for many of your perennials to go into rapid growth mode. It's prime time to split those roots and rhizomes. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss lists some of the plants you should divide as soon as possible.

A shot of several developing skyrocket juniper trees placed in a well lit yard area outdoors

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Skyrocket’ Juniper

Ornamental junipers provide year-round color with their evergreen foliage. The ‘Skyrocket’ variety is an exceptional choice for home gardens, as it stays narrow and upright as it matures. Learn to plant and care for this unique conifer alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

Cluster of fine-petaled blue, white, and purple flowers with feathery green stems and soft buds.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella) Flowers

If you’re looking to grow gorgeous and ethereal flowers this season, look no further than love-in-a-mist (nigella) flowers. These incredible showstoppers will add a touch of elegance to your garden. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for these majestic flowers.

Beautiful white flowering easy-to-maintain magnolia trees in a spring garden.

Trees

15 Easy-to-Maintain Trees for Your Home Landscape

Trees are an investment in our future gardens. While there is a cost of bringing them home and planting them, they provide years of returns in ecological and aesthetic value. With the right tree, they needn’t be an investment of resources or intensive year-round maintenance. Garden expert Katherine Rowe highlights easy-care trees to consider for your home landscape, from small specimens to grand canopies.