Ornamental Gardens

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

The buttonbush shrub displays broad, lance-shaped green leaves with dense, ball-shaped white flowers covered in tiny protruding stamens.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Buttonbush

Buttonbush is a loose, informal native that tolerates wide-ranging conditions and offers numerous ecological benefits. The unique globe blooms and showy seed pods bring lasting seasonal interest while attracting pollinators and songbirds. Explore adding buttonbush to your garden’s native palette with expert Katherine Rowe.

This colorado native wildflower has delicate, feathery green leaves and slender, hairy stems that support bell-shaped flowers with soft, lavender petals and bright yellow centers.

Flowers

21 Native Wildflowers for Colorado Gardens

Colorado’s famed wildflowers enliven the landscape in a flash of welcomed color. With showy blooms and textures that offer multi-season appeal, they withstand cold winters and offer numerous ecosystem benefits. Fall is the time to sow many of the native favorites. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the Centennial State’s native bloomers.

Close-up of large, tightly clustered Brassica oleracea heads with thick, vibrant pink leaves edged in light green, filling the entire frame in a well-lit indoor environment.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Crane Red’ Ornamental Kale

You thought flowers were the only option for a bouquet? Think again. ‘Crane Red’ ornamental kale is a stunning cultivar with a hot pink center that fades to blue-green on the outer leaves. With a rapid vertical growth rate, it quickly forms the shape of a rose, with a distinct “flower” and stem. As the season gets colder, the pink grows even stronger. Plant biologist Emily Estep will explain how to plant, grow, and care for ‘Crane Red’ kale.

A shot of a composition of Acanthus flowers in a well lit area outdoors

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Acanthus

Acanthus brings bold, structural foliage and form to the shady border. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the handsome architectural perennial that thrives in partial sun and shady garden sites.

A shot of a sapling with wooden supports that shows a method on how to stake trees

Trees

How to Stake A Tree in 5 Easy Steps

Windy weather and harsh rains threaten weak trees! Their young, thin trunks bend under the pressure. Some saplings need the pressure to grow strong, while others require staking to reach tall and wide. Learn when and how to stake your trees alongside seasoned landscaper Jerad Bryant.

A cluster of vivid red tubular flowers with star-shaped yellow tips stands tall, surrounded by long, lance-shaped green leaves in a lush, densely packed setting.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Spigelia (Pinkroot)

If you aren’t already growing woodland pinkroot, consider adding it to your collection. This jewel box of color draws hummingbirds and shines in the landscape with abundant stalks of trumpet blooms with starry centers. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring Spigelia - it may be your next favorite native perennial!

Frost-kissed pansies display vibrant petals in hues of purple, yellow, and white, their edges rimmed with delicate ice crystals against a backdrop of wintry foliage.

Flowers

How to Overwinter Pansies in 7 Steps

Pansies are cool-season favorites that are surprisingly cold-tolerant. We have some tips to keep these frost-proof plants going through the winter so they can spring to life when temperatures rise. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some tips to overwinter your pansies.

Close-up of bright, deep red roses with double petals covered in a thin layer of frost, in need of extra winter protection.

Shrubs

9 Roses That Need Extra Winter Protection

Roses are not only beautiful, but they’re also durable landscape performers in the right situation. Fall is the time to turn our thoughts to protecting our sensitive favorites. In the coldest of gardens, even hardy specimens benefit from extra insulation. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring which roses need winter protection to foster years of flowers and fragrance.

A field of bright yellow Daffodils with trumpet-shaped flowers and long, slender green leaves, basking in sunlight under the shade of bare trees in early spring.

Bulbs

19 Bulbs to Plant in Drifts for Impressive Color

If you've ever admired a swath of tulips running through a gorgeous spring garden, you might need a drift of your own! Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some ideas on the best bulbs to choose for your own colorful drift.