Gardening

All about gardening - we have many in-depth guides about edibles, ornamentals, houseplants, and much more. We provide answers for your garden issues!

A lovely plant wall with thriving foliage of various colors, placed near bushes with pretty blooms

Ornamental Gardens

How To Create a Showstopping Plant Wall

Growing vertically maximizes space while enriching a living or garden area. They screen structures with dynamic visual appeal and limitless arrangements. Explore plant wall inspiration with gardening expert Katherine Rowe to energize our vertical realms.

Wedding table decorated with gold candlesticks and elegant floral arrangements of pastel pink roses, pale peach delphiniums, pink-beige dahlias, and white flowers arranged in gold vases, showcasing our flower selection for Taylor Swift’s wedding.

Flowers

Our Dream Flower Picks for Taylor Swift’s Wedding

The princess of pop just entered her fiancée era! While we are still swooning over the engagement photos, we can't wait to see what our favorite cat lady will choose for her wedding flowers. Cut flower gardener and swiftie Melissa Strauss is dreaming of florals for Tay's big day!

A close-up shot of a dying purple flower and its foliage, placed in a pot, showcasing heat-stressed geraniums

Flowers

How to Perk Up Heat-Stressed Geraniums

Geraniums, or pelargoniums, are many gardeners’ favorite summer flowers! These South African native plants love the sun, but they can suffer from too much heat in the summertime. Keep your geranium plants happy with consistent care, as recommended by former nurseryman Jerad Bryant.

Dew-covered Tibetan hulless barley sways in the field, its green and golden seedheads ready to harvest, part of crops grown to produce grains for bread.

Edible

The Best Grains to Grow at Home for Delicious Bread

Homemade bread doesn’t have to consist of white flour. Mix things up and throw some whole grains in the dough! Grains are nutritious and delicious, and they create rich-flavored bread that’s impossible to put down. Whether you’re using yeast or a sourdough starter, these grains are perfect to grow at home if you make bread.

A close-up shot of thin needle-like leaves on a compact mounding plant of the blue star juniper

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Blue Star Juniper

Cold-hardy evergreen shrubs are indispensable! They provide year-round color despite winter cold and summer heat. The blue star juniper is one such plant. It’s a dwarf cultivar that has a blue tinge to its foliage. In this article, seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares how to plant, grow, and care for this shrub.

A flowering magnolia tree with delicate pink four-petaled blooms grows near a charming brick house.

Trees

9 Pretty and Petite Trees You Can Grow Near Your House

Adding pretty trees can transform the appeal of your home. If you want to plant them close to the house, you'll need cultivars that won't overwhelm or cause damage. Here are some of our favorite, petite, and pretty ornamental trees to add beauty and color close to your house.

A close-up shot of a composition of pink flowers with a monarch butterfly feeding on its nectar, showcasing the sweet Joe Pye weed

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Sweet Joe Pye Weed

Sweet Joe Pye weed and its massive domed blooms beckon the butterflies. The North American native makes a striking addition to the border or naturalized landscape and needs little tending to thrive. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the merits of the handsome Eutrochium purpureum and its big show late in the season.

Tall green stems with narrow serrated leaves topped with white-petaled blooms and yellow centers, one of the allergy flowers to avoid in the garden.

Flowers

Don’t Plant These 9 Flowers if You Have Allergies

With millions of allergy sufferers worldwide, not inviting the most allergy-inducing plants in our immediate environment may increase our outdoor enjoyment. Flowers that produce a high amount of wind-dispersed pollen can incite our allergic response. High fragrance, too, brings a reaction for some. To minimize the big world of allergens, gardening expert Katheirne Rowe explores flowers to skip in the home garden for those with sensitivities.