Ornamental Gardens

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

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Shrubs

How to Prune Camellias

Camellias can brighten up the gloomiest winter day and dress up a dining room table for holiday dinners. These lovely evergreen shrubs have some rules to follow when it comes to pruning to maximize their flowering potential. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to learn how to prune your camellia for maximum health and flowering potential.

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Shrubs

Why Your Camellia Didn’t Bloom This Year and How to Fix It

Camellias are famous for their beautiful blooms and glossy, evergreen foliage. If you've been looking forward to those gorgeous winter flowers, but they aren't showing up, there could be an underlying issue. Florida gardener Melissa Strauss has some tips for making sure that your camellia blooms next year.

Sasanqua Camellias showcase graceful branches adorned with glossy, deep-green leaves and delicate, open-faced flowers in shades of pink with yellow stamens.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Sasanqua’ Camellias

Sasanquas are the earliest of the beautiful cool weather blooming camellias. With their extra-long blooming season, these beautiful shrubs light up the fall and winter garden. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss in discussing how these shrubs are unique and how you can grow one in your garden.

Two blooming pink tulip flowers with rich pink petals and a white base, shaped in a cup form, stand on tall, slender stems with long, narrow green leaves in sunlight.

Bulbs

15 Bulbs That Will Multiply in Your Garden

Bulbs need less care and maintenance than other plants. Self-spreading species are perfect for gardeners who want to enjoy their yard rather than cultivate it. Dive deep below ground with native plant gardener Jerad Bryant to discover these 15 multiplying bulbs for your garden.

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Flowers

5 Reasons Why Your Plants Are Blooming Out of Season

When plants bloom in the wrong season, it’s usually caused by stress. Unusually warm, cold, wet, or dry weather can cause unexpected flowering, but there are a few things you can do to buffer these fluctuations. Garden expert Logan Hailey explains potential reasons for abnormal blooming and how to prevent them.

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Flowers

13 Fragrant Hyacinth Varieties to Plant Now For Spring

As one of the most fragrant flowers in the spring garden, hyacinths are an excellent addition to the bulb bed or cutting garden. Their lovely scent can fill a room, and their soft colors are perfect in spring arrangements. Join cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss to have a look at some wonderful, fragrant varieties.

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Bulbs

Store These Seven Tender Bulbs Over Winter

Part of the thrill of growing bulbs is that they multiply over time, helping to fill out large areas of beds with bursts of color and texture. In this way, you’re literally growing your investment! If you live in a cold winter climate and have invested in summer bulbs like Calla Lilies, Gladioli, Dahlias, and Elephant Ear, you’ll want to dig them up and store them for next year’s garden. Garden expert Benita Lee will show you how to gather and save your favorite ornamentals.