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Prairie gardens abound with blooming perennials for multiseason appeal and years of recurrent color. They offer site enrichment like soil improvement and forage and shelter resources for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. Explore a diversity of prairie flowers to incorporate into our home landscapes with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
The California fan palm is an icon of the Southwest with its imposing figure and spectacular foliage. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for information on growing and caring for these striking palms.
Split-leaf philodendrons are spectacular tropical plants, and they grow beautifully in containers, as long as they are large enough, that is. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to learn how to grow this magnificent and massive plant in a pot or container.
The graceful, erect plumes of feathery foliage make the foxtail fern a winning garden plant. It’s a stunning specimen that grows well both indoors and outdoors, and it thrives in containers. Learn how to pot and care for your foxtail fern alongside fern grower Jerad Bryant.
Looking for cold-hardy blooms? Try one of these 31 flowers that will survive the winter. We include woody shrubs, tough annuals, and herbaceous perennials that fill the garden with blooms during the cool months. Join longtime gardener Jerad Bryant in discovering these beautiful, productive, and vigorous winter flowers.
Winter is coming, but the season doesn’t have to be without blooming color. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights winter flowers for vibrance, fragrance, and visual interest inside and out.
Composting recycles organic matter, transforming it into rich, crumbly humus that benefits your plants. Don’t let cold winter temperatures stop you from doing it! Instead, try one of these five methods for indoor composting. Seasoned composter Jerad Bryant shares how to upcycle waste in the comfort of your home.
Now is the time to plant spring-flowering bulbs for a celebration come spring. Easy to plant with years of return color, setting a strong foundation for bulbs in fall yields a nearly effortless display post-winter. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines the role of mulch in insulating our bulbs through cold conditions for a riotous surprise in the months ahead.
Split-leaf philodendron is a spectacular tropical plant that makes an excellent and dramatic houseplant. It's also quite easy to propagate if you know what works and what does not. Join houseplant enthusiast Melissa Strauss for step-by-step instructions on propagating your philodendron.
Our Christmas cactus is in the wings, waiting to take center stage with bright holiday flowers. Or, it should be, if a healthy specimen in optimal growing conditons. The adaptable tropical succulents are easy to care for, but balancing the water needs of both cacti and rainforest-dwelling specimens is the key to avoiding problems like root rot. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines how to remedy root rot in Christmas cactus by catching it early and reversing the damage.
Our Thanksgiving cactus is about to shine for the season, coming into full color right in time with the autumnal holiday. To make sure we experience the display, gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores how to provide the proper lighting (or rather, darkness) the tropical succulents need to trigger those blooms.
Christmas cactus is an adaptable tropical that adjusts to our home environments. For robust blooms and longevity, placing pots in the best lighting is essential to healthy growth. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores how to meet Christmas cactus’s optimal light requirements for lasting rewards that start this season.