Flowers & Ornamental Gardens

Salvias for Flowers: Use Height and Layering to Choose the Right Next Planting Move

Salvias for Flowers: Use Height and Layering to...

Plan flowering salvias by height and layer. Learn how to read salvia height as a range, choose compact, mid or tall types, fill border gaps, and use supports and pruning...

Salvias for Flowers: Use Height and Layering to...

Plan flowering salvias by height and layer. Learn how to read salvia height as a range, choose compact, mid or tall types, fill border gaps, and use supports and pruning...

Watering Lilies in Containers Through Every Growth Stage

Watering Lilies in Containers Through Every Gro...

How to water potted lilies through warm weather, from emergence to flowering to dormancy, plus tools that make watering consistent and the pot checks that guide each decision.

Watering Lilies in Containers Through Every Gro...

How to water potted lilies through warm weather, from emergence to flowering to dormancy, plus tools that make watering consistent and the pot checks that guide each decision.

Sweet Peas and Sun: Plan an Ornamental Bed That Flowers Hard and Long

Sweet Peas and Sun: Plan an Ornamental Bed That...

Use sun exposure, root shading and supports to plan a sweet pea bed that flowers hard and long, with practical steps for light mapping, soil moisture and cutting.

Sweet Peas and Sun: Plan an Ornamental Bed That...

Use sun exposure, root shading and supports to plan a sweet pea bed that flowers hard and long, with practical steps for light mapping, soil moisture and cutting.

Coneflowers: Turn Your Interest into a First Hands-On Project

Coneflowers: Turn Your Interest into a First Ha...

Start a first coneflower project by choosing potted plants, stratified seed or direct sowing, preparing a sunny site and tending the patch through its first flowering season.

Coneflowers: Turn Your Interest into a First Ha...

Start a first coneflower project by choosing potted plants, stratified seed or direct sowing, preparing a sunny site and tending the patch through its first flowering season.

Sweet Alyssum and Airflow: Comparing Two Garden Changes

Sweet Alyssum and Airflow: Comparing Two Garden...

Compare two changes for better airflow around sweet alyssum: opening the surrounding planting or adding a fan or vent. Practical conditions, product features and a decision sequence.

Sweet Alyssum and Airflow: Comparing Two Garden...

Compare two changes for better airflow around sweet alyssum: opening the surrounding planting or adding a fan or vent. Practical conditions, product features and a decision sequence.

Fertilizing Heucheras for Better Colour and Flowers

Fertilizing Heucheras for Better Colour and Flo...

How fertilizer roles affect heuchera foliage colour and flower production, and how light, soil, containers and growth stage change the result.

Fertilizing Heucheras for Better Colour and Flo...

How fertilizer roles affect heuchera foliage colour and flower production, and how light, soil, containers and growth stage change the result.