Flowers & Ornamental Gardens

Divide Delphiniums to Keep Strong Stems and Full Spikes

Divide Delphiniums to Keep Strong Stems and Ful...

Learn how delphinium crown structure shapes division. Lift, cut and replant divisions with viable buds and roots, time the task to your climate, and support new stems.

Divide Delphiniums to Keep Strong Stems and Ful...

Learn how delphinium crown structure shapes division. Lift, cut and replant divisions with viable buds and roots, time the task to your climate, and support new stems.

Hellebores and Water: Reading Moisture Without a Fixed Schedule

Hellebores and Water: Reading Moisture Without ...

Learn how to judge moisture for hellebores by checking root depth, potting compost and seasonal conditions, and why drainage matters more than a set watering schedule.

Hellebores and Water: Reading Moisture Without ...

Learn how to judge moisture for hellebores by checking root depth, potting compost and seasonal conditions, and why drainage matters more than a set watering schedule.

Foxgloves and Mulch: Build a Coherent Collection on Purpose

Foxgloves and Mulch: Build a Coherent Collectio...

Learn how mulch material and placement control foxglove self-sowing, protect rosettes and help you build a deliberate, repeated foxglove collection in borders and pots.

Foxgloves and Mulch: Build a Coherent Collectio...

Learn how mulch material and placement control foxglove self-sowing, protect rosettes and help you build a deliberate, repeated foxglove collection in borders and pots.

Garden Phlox Deadheading: How One Snip Changes the Next Six Weeks

Garden Phlox Deadheading: How One Snip Changes ...

Deadhead garden phlox to redirect energy into a second flowering flush. Learn when to cut, where on the stem, and why shade, dry soil and mildew limit results.

Garden Phlox Deadheading: How One Snip Changes ...

Deadhead garden phlox to redirect energy into a second flowering flush. Learn when to cut, where on the stem, and why shade, dry soil and mildew limit results.

Watering Astilbes and the Border Around Them: The Soil Feature That Changes the Schedule

Watering Astilbes and the Border Around Them: T...

Learn how the water-holding character of your border soil changes astilbe watering. Use a squeeze test and shallow dig, then match depth, frequency, mulch and tools to your soil.

Watering Astilbes and the Border Around Them: T...

Learn how the water-holding character of your border soil changes astilbe watering. Use a squeeze test and shallow dig, then match depth, frequency, mulch and tools to your soil.

Staking Calendulas: Match the Support to the Plant and the Planting

Staking Calendulas: Match the Support to the Pl...

Learn how to support calendulas by matching the method to the planting: twig supports for borders, grow-through netting for cut-flower rows, ring supports for pots and simple ties for sparse...

Staking Calendulas: Match the Support to the Pl...

Learn how to support calendulas by matching the method to the planting: twig supports for borders, grow-through netting for cut-flower rows, ring supports for pots and simple ties for sparse...