Flowers & Ornamental Gardens

Salvias After Flowering: Choose Plants for Better Foliage and Repeat Blooms

Salvias After Flowering: Choose Plants for Bett...

How to choose salvias by their post-flowering behaviour, cut back spent stems for fresh foliage or a second flush, and use the right pruning and feeding supplies.

Salvias After Flowering: Choose Plants for Bett...

How to choose salvias by their post-flowering behaviour, cut back spent stems for fresh foliage or a second flush, and use the right pruning and feeding supplies.

Pansies and Violas for Fresh and Dried Flowers: Solving the Short-Stem Problem

Pansies and Violas for Fresh and Dried Flowers:...

Fix the short-stem problem with pansies and violas: low bowls, floating flower heads, correct harvest stage, and pressing or air-drying methods that keep their markings.

Pansies and Violas for Fresh and Dried Flowers:...

Fix the short-stem problem with pansies and violas: low bowls, floating flower heads, correct harvest stage, and pressing or air-drying methods that keep their markings.

Black-Eyed Susans: Planning for Leaf Damage and a Long, Good-Looking Season

Black-Eyed Susans: Planning for Leaf Damage and...

Plan black-eyed Susan plantings around their leaf habits: why foliage declines, partner plants that cover it, spacing and watering choices, treatment thresholds and multi-season renewal.

Black-Eyed Susans: Planning for Leaf Damage and...

Plan black-eyed Susan plantings around their leaf habits: why foliage declines, partner plants that cover it, spacing and watering choices, treatment thresholds and multi-season renewal.

Choose Catmint by Function: Matching the Right Nepeta to Your Garden Job

Choose Catmint by Function: Matching the Right ...

Select the right catmint by function. Compare compact Nepeta x faassenii with taller Nepeta cataria, match plants to sunny, well-drained sites, and learn pruning that keeps flowering going.

Choose Catmint by Function: Matching the Right ...

Select the right catmint by function. Compare compact Nepeta x faassenii with taller Nepeta cataria, match plants to sunny, well-drained sites, and learn pruning that keeps flowering going.

How a pH Meter Improves Camellia Nutrition and Growth

How a pH Meter Improves Camellia Nutrition and ...

Learn how a soil pH meter improves camellia nutrition and development. Measure root-zone acidity, choose a suitable meter, and adjust feeding and compost with confidence.

How a pH Meter Improves Camellia Nutrition and ...

Learn how a soil pH meter improves camellia nutrition and development. Measure root-zone acidity, choose a suitable meter, and adjust feeding and compost with confidence.

Fertilizing Impatiens for More Flowers: Matching Fertilizer Roles to How These Plants Grow

Fertilizing Impatiens for More Flowers: Matchin...

Learn how nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements affect impatiens flowering, and how to choose soluble, slow-release or organic feeds for containers and beds.

Fertilizing Impatiens for More Flowers: Matchin...

Learn how nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and trace elements affect impatiens flowering, and how to choose soluble, slow-release or organic feeds for containers and beds.