Flowers & Ornamental Gardens

Record Your Ornamental Grasses to Make Better Design Decisions

Record Your Ornamental Grasses to Make Better D...

Record ornamental grasses with a simple system. Note species, site conditions, cutback timing and seasonal appearance to choose and place grasses more reliably each year.

Record Your Ornamental Grasses to Make Better D...

Record ornamental grasses with a simple system. Note species, site conditions, cutback timing and seasonal appearance to choose and place grasses more reliably each year.

Gaillardia Indoors and Out: Keeping a Consistent Look Across Batches

Gaillardia Indoors and Out: Keeping a Consisten...

Practical guide to growing gaillardia indoors and outdoors, with methods for keeping successive batches consistent in flower color, habit and timing.

Gaillardia Indoors and Out: Keeping a Consisten...

Practical guide to growing gaillardia indoors and outdoors, with methods for keeping successive batches consistent in flower color, habit and timing.

Marigolds for Beds, Pots and Cutting: Match the Growing Method to the Result You Want

Marigolds for Beds, Pots and Cutting: Match the...

How marigold growing methods differ for beds, containers and cutting, and why the intended end use changes sowing, spacing, feeding and deadheading.

Marigolds for Beds, Pots and Cutting: Match the...

How marigold growing methods differ for beds, containers and cutting, and why the intended end use changes sowing, spacing, feeding and deadheading.

Salvias for Flower-Filled Borders: Plan Now, Cut Later

Salvias for Flower-Filled Borders: Plan Now, Cu...

Use salvias to build a flower-filled mixed border, then cut the stems for the vase. Learn how to choose, plant and manage hardy, shrubby and front-edge salvias for a long...

Salvias for Flower-Filled Borders: Plan Now, Cu...

Use salvias to build a flower-filled mixed border, then cut the stems for the vase. Learn how to choose, plant and manage hardy, shrubby and front-edge salvias for a long...

Astilbes: Preparing a Planting Setup That Matches Their Bog-Edge Origins

Astilbes: Preparing a Planting Setup That Match...

Learn how to prepare the right growing setup for astilbes, from light and soil to containers, mulch and watering, based on their moist woodland origins.

Astilbes: Preparing a Planting Setup That Match...

Learn how to prepare the right growing setup for astilbes, from light and soil to containers, mulch and watering, based on their moist woodland origins.

Coreopsis Stems and Leaves: Choosing Plants for Long-Blooming Structure

Coreopsis Stems and Leaves: Choosing Plants for...

Learn how coreopsis growth habit, herbaceous clumps or woody bases, affects winter care, propagation and placement so you can choose the right plant for your garden.

Coreopsis Stems and Leaves: Choosing Plants for...

Learn how coreopsis growth habit, herbaceous clumps or woody bases, affects winter care, propagation and placement so you can choose the right plant for your garden.