Plants
Top 9 Plants That Repel Aphids: 2024 Gardener’s Guide
Why do some gardens thrive, free from the clutches of pesky aphids, while others seem to be a bug buffet? Here's a...
Plants
24 Best Plants That Repel Deer and Rabbits: 2024 Guide
Got rabbits or deer turning your garden into their personal buffet? It's a real headache, right? These critters don't just nibble on...
Plants
14 Best Plants That Repel Squirrels: Safe for Pets & Effective
Ever dealt with those cheeky squirrels turning your garden into their personal snack bar? Yeah, it’s not just you. These fluffy critters,...
Plants
Pollution Tolerant Plants: Perennials and Annuals for Smoggy Urban Gardens
Until we solve many of our current pollution problems some urban gardens will suffer. Here are smog tolerant options for gardens in dirty cities. Sometimes...
Plants
Year-Round Gardening: A Seasonal Guide to Home Garden Maintenance
Successful gardeners know vegetable and flower gardening is a year-round endeavor. Even in the deepest winter there is plenty to be done to ensure...
Plants
Monarda Plant Profile Growing Guide: Planting, Selecting, and Maintaining Bee Balm (Oswego Bergamot Tea)
Monarda didyma is highly attractive to hummingbirds, honeybees and butterflies, as well as providing weeks of colorful blooms each summer and early fall. Learn...
Indoor
Best House Plants That Heal
Indoor plants such as the Peace Lily, Fern, and Cheese Plant, require plenty of watering, and can significantly contribute to a healthy living environment. Human...
Plants
Drought Tolerant Plants Attracting Pollinators: Try Xeriscape Gardening and Attract Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds
Planting Butterfly Weed
Butterfly weed is hardy in zones 4-9 and flower from midsummer to fall. The milkweed-shaped pods appear in fall and can be...
Plants
How to Use Herbs as Edging
Growing edible plants to use as a border in your herb, flower or vegetable gardens. There are many herbs that make attractive edging for your...
Plants
Growing Betony in the Herb Garden
This fast growing perennial herb will quickly become a favorite in the herb garden. Betony, Stachys officinalis, is a medium height, slightly oval stemmed, toothed...
Plants
Grow Medicinal Plants for Relief of Respiratory Illness at Home
Medicinal herbs can be grown in a specialized garden that focuses on a particular illness. This is one medicinal herb garden for Respiratory Illness. The...
Plants
Forcing Bulbs for Late Winter: Cheer Grow a Spring Bulb Garden Indoors
Blooms from forced bulbs, for gifts or to keep, can fill the home with the feeling of springtime months before the soil starts to...
Plants
How to Grow Amaryllis Bulbs: Keep this Flower Coming Back Year after Year
Amaryllis bulbs can be picked up in just about any store these days to bloom around Christmas. Most people don't know you can keep...
Plants
How to Care for Holiday Plants after Christmas: Tips for Growing Amaryllis Bulbs, Poinsettia, Cactus After Holidays
Popular Christmas decorations and gifts include poinsettia, amaryllis, and live evergreen trees. These plants will thrive if given proper care after the...
Plants
Shrubs for Attracting Songbirds: How Bushes Bring Birds to the Garden With Food and Shelter
Attracting birds to the garden landscape can be easy for gardeners who plant these shrubs that feed and house native bird species. These shrubs and...
Home Decor
How To Decorate With Houseplants: Hanging Plants, Windowsill Gardens, and Other Decorating Ideas
Houseplants aren't only good for cleaning the air-they can also add a fresh and stylish touch to any home decor. Here's how! Adding houseplants is...
Flower
Low Maintenance Gardening – Flower Planting Tips
Learn beginning gardening tips to make flower purchasing and planting easy. Find ideal flowers and plants and create a no-fuss garden. Gardening seems like a...
Indoor
Flower Garden Ideas for Containers and Windowboxes
These five simple flower garden ideas for containers and window boxes create instant color and add beauty through simple, strong designs. Gardeners with small spaces...
Indoor
How to Grow Tropical Bromeliads as Houseplants
Easy Growing Epiphytic and Terrestrial Plants for Indoor Gardening Learn how to grow epiphytic and terrestrial bromeliads as houseplants. Bromeliads are good easy to grow...
Indoor
How to Grow and Care for Bromeliad
Are you looking for a plant that truly stands out in your home or garden? Bromeliads might be the answer. These plants...
Indoor
How to Grow Queen Ann Tears – Billbergia Nutans
One of the most unusual flowers to grow is what is commonly known as Queen Ann Tears or Queen's Tears. Other names for Billbergia nutans...
Indoor
How to Grow and Care for Anthurium from Seeds
Have you ever faced the challenge of wanting to add a splash of tropical beauty to your indoor garden but didn't know...
Indoor
Put Some Spring in Your Sleep: Strategic Indoor Gardening in the Bedroom Yields Wonderful Results
As the last few months of winter wane, spring is in everyone's minds. Garden expert P. Allen Smith demonstrates some easy ways to bring...
Indoor
Breathe Easy with an Indoor Garden: Improve the Air Quality and Charm of Your Home with Houseplants
Want to improve the air quality of your home while adding color and interest? An indoor garden with common houseplants helps you to do...
Indoor
How to Grow and Care for a Black Swedish Ivy
Have you ever wondered what makes a houseplant truly stand out in the crowded world of indoor gardening? Black Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus...
Plants
How to Grow and Care for Catnip from Seeds
Have you ever wondered why catnip drives cats wild with joy? This plant, a true favorite among feline friends, holds a special...
Plants
5 Herbs Grown for Both Their Leaves and Seeds: Herbs that Do Double Duty
Many people are getting back to the earth, growing their own food, and that includes growing herbs to use when you cook what you...
Plants
Fragrant Garden Perennial Plants: Flowering Perennials for a Fragrance Garden
What could be more wonderful than strolling through a flower garden full of scent and fragrance? Here are some top perennial picks for a...
Landscape
Butterfly Bush – the Centerpiece of the Garden: A Butterfly Garden is Not Complete Without This Flowering Shrub
Also known as summer lilac, this plant is an easy to grow drought tolerant blooming shrub that attracts beneficial insects. The butterfly bush, or the...
Plants
Fall Flowers for Autumn Color: Plants to Keep Fall Color in the Garden Beds, Borders and Containers
With the cooling days of autumn, many summer perennials begin to cease their blooms. Gardeners can keep the color going for the autumn months...
Plants
Fragrant Plants for Autumn Gardens: Using Scent and Aroma in the Fall Landscape
Just because the flush of spring and summer flowers has ended, doesn't mean a garden has to be boring or devoid of sweet aroma....
Plants
Enhance Shady Gardens with Evergreen Ferns
Are you facing the challenge of bringing life to the shaded areas of your garden? Shady spots often present a unique set...
Plants
What Are The Top Perennial Groundcovers For Shade?
In the enchanting world of gardening, where nature’s tapestry is the canvas and time is the brush, every corner holds potential. However,...
Organic Garden
How to Plant Garlic At Home
Have you ever faced the struggle of wanting fresh garlic at your fingertips, only to be met with the disappointment of store-bought...
Plants
Top 7 Plants That Repel Spiders
Though some people think that spiders are cute little animals and can be proven a very good pet, not everyone likes to have them...
Plants
Top 12 Incredible Plants that Repel Ants
The worst thing ever that could happen to a garden is its disheveled look due to unknown insect attacks. A number of...
Career Advice
How to Become a Plant Breeder: A Step-by-Step Career Guide
Embarking on a career as a plant breeder opens doors to a pivotal role in agriculture and biotechnology.
Plants
Beautify Shady Outdoor Locations with Flowering Vinca Plants
Thrives in shade and needs less water, Vinca plants bring beautiful blooms to gardens in hard to grow locations. Good for ground...
Plants
Fall Seasonal Container Plants: Annuals and Perennials for Autumn Baskets
With harvest parties, Halloween and Thanksgiving autumn containers can be a dramatic focal point on a deck, patio or open garden spot.
Plants
Foliage Plants for Dry, Shady Gardens
One of the most challenging garden situations is under the roof hanging of a house, or against a tall fence which blocks...
Plants
Upright Growing Container Plants: Perennial and Annual Plants that Provide Vertical Accents
These plants all have strong vertical or upright growth habits to add contrast and interest in a container or hanging basket planting.
Plants
Advantages of Plant Delivery
The popularity of room plants has exploded in recent years. They are mainly grown for decorative purposes and to enhance your interior. But it...
Indoor
6 Steps in Making Your Houseplants Live Longer
Are you getting tired of watching your newly bought plants wither and droop one by one after just a few weeks? If these things happen...
Plants
5 Fast Growing Perennials: Colorful Choices that are Quick to Grow
Get a garden or landscape off to a fast start with these fast growing perennials. Fast growing perennials are a great way to start landscaping...
Plants
The Lantana Hybrid is a Mediterranean Plant for all Seasons
The evergreen Lantana hybrid is a useful drought tolerant plant for any Mediterranean garden where it will flourish and bring colour for most of...
Plants
Boston Ivy Plants: Growing and Caring Tips
Several ivy varieties do have similar growing conditions. Boston ivy is one of the best ivies that will climb all kinds of buildings. It would...
Plants
English Ivy Plants: Growing and Caring Tips
One of the best vines that never dries is the Hedera Helix plant. English ivy is an excellent plant that will be great in covering...
Plants
How to Revive a Dying Orchid
Orchids are stunning and elegant plants that can add beauty to any space. However, they can sometimes become unhealthy and look sad...
Plants
Why is My Fern Turning Brown? Get the Answers Here
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on a common issue experienced by many plant enthusiasts - the browning of ferns. This problem can...
Plants
How To Choose The Perfect Plant For Your Home
Making the decision to introduce plants into your home can bring many benefits, from improving air quality to providing a pop of...