Flowers

If you want to grow your own cut flowers for homemade bouquets, here are some common beginner mistakes to avoid. ...

Grow these perennials in a cutting garden so you'll always have something to snip for fresh bouquets. ...

Find out what perennials to cut back in fall to reduce plant diseases and pests, while helping your garden look tidier. ...

Grow a super grain right in your backyard. Use these easy tips for planting, growing, and harvesting quinoa at home. ...

This guide to edible flowers describes the unique flavors of each type and provides tips for using the blooms to enhance cakes, cocktails, salads, and more. ...

Say hello to some of our favorite perennials—three for sun and three for shade—that flaunt their color for weeks (or even months). ...

Learn to grow shrub roses, which combine all of the best characteristics of roses into a beautiful, low-maintenance plant. ...

Learn when to prune lavender, and follow step-by-step instructions for how to prune lavender for healthier, fuller plants. ...

Keep your flowers and garden from turning into a salad bar by growing these deer resistant perennials. ...

Whether you grow them in containers or shady garden spots, tuberous begonias offer petal-packed blooms from spring to fall. ...

Find the perfect types of lilies for your landscape, based on characteristics such as fragrance, height, easy-care, length of bloom, and light requirements. ...

Annual 'Popstars' Phlox looks like floral fireworks in the garden. They bloom in bright colors all summer long and are super easy to grow. ...

Shade-loving tufted hair grass is a native ornamental grass that adds gorgeous texture to the garden. Use this guide to plant and grow it in your garden. ...

Dusty miller is an easy-to-grow plant that adds a splash of silver to garden beds and containers. Keep dusty miller thriving with this care guide. ...

Most types of agave plants like it hot, but these hardy agave can take some chilly temperatures too. ...

Sweet potato vine is an excellent addition to your sunny garden. It comes in many different colors and works well with flowering plants. ...

Find out the best time and how deep to plant each type of spring bulb. ...

If you’re not sure whether begonias are perennials or annuals, we have answers. Most begonias won’t survive winters, but indoor plants can live for years. ...

Support endangered monarch butterflies by getting free milkweed seeds to plant in your garden. ...

I have a climbing rosebush that grows well but has not bloomed for the past two years. Everything else I plant does well. Does the soil lack something? ...