Flowers & Ornamental Gardens

Flowering Dogwoods in Containers: Choosing a Pot for Growth, Roots and Display

Flowering Dogwoods in Containers: Choosing a Po...

Pick the right pot for flowering dogwoods: root room, material choice, drainage, growing medium, watering, winter protection and pruning for strong regrowth.

Flowering Dogwoods in Containers: Choosing a Po...

Pick the right pot for flowering dogwoods: root room, material choice, drainage, growing medium, watering, winter protection and pruning for strong regrowth.

Petunias in Heat: Separating Flowering Facts from Garden Folklore

Petunias in Heat: Separating Flowering Facts fr...

Understand how petunias respond to summer heat, which popular claims hold up, and how to check water, feeding, light and cutbacks to keep flowers coming.

Petunias in Heat: Separating Flowering Facts fr...

Understand how petunias respond to summer heat, which popular claims hold up, and how to check water, feeding, light and cutbacks to keep flowers coming.

Hellebores and Climbing Frames: Choosing a Useful Next Step

Hellebores and Climbing Frames: Choosing a Usef...

Hellebores are not climbers. Decide whether to add a trellis or leave the wall bare, match the support to the climber and protect the hellebore's crown and light.

Hellebores and Climbing Frames: Choosing a Usef...

Hellebores are not climbers. Decide whether to add a trellis or leave the wall bare, match the support to the climber and protect the hellebore's crown and light.

Cannas from Bare Rhizomes: A Sensible Order of Work

Cannas from Bare Rhizomes: A Sensible Order of ...

How to plant bare canna rhizomes in the right order: assess the rhizome, time for warm soil, prepare free-draining medium, plant shallow with eyes up, and care through the season.

Cannas from Bare Rhizomes: A Sensible Order of ...

How to plant bare canna rhizomes in the right order: assess the rhizome, time for warm soil, prepare free-draining medium, plant shallow with eyes up, and care through the season.

Store Japanese Maple Supplies So the Next Planting Day Runs Smoothly

Store Japanese Maple Supplies So the Next Plant...

Build a stored Japanese maple supply kit by planting stage: medium, mulch, ties, stakes, and watering gear kept dry, labeled, and ready for the first season.

Store Japanese Maple Supplies So the Next Plant...

Build a stored Japanese maple supply kit by planting stage: medium, mulch, ties, stakes, and watering gear kept dry, labeled, and ready for the first season.

Cosmos and Perennial Division: What Each Plant Type Contributes to a Full-Season Flower Garden

Cosmos and Perennial Division: What Each Plant ...

Grow cosmos from seed for long-season flowers and divide clump-forming perennials for true-to-type plants. Learn how each method fills a border and how to lift, split and replant divisions.

Cosmos and Perennial Division: What Each Plant ...

Grow cosmos from seed for long-season flowers and divide clump-forming perennials for true-to-type plants. Learn how each method fills a border and how to lift, split and replant divisions.