Everyone knows that roses are red (and other colors, too), but so many other flowers come in crimson shades, too! Red is such a bold, romantic color- and it belongs in your yard. The list below celebrates 11 perennial red flowers that bring vivid color to the garden year after year. 1. Wild Columbine (Aquilegia …
Gardening
Rabbits may be adorable, but they can wreak havoc on a garden. These furry critters have a voracious appetite for tender greens, flowers, and even the bark on trees. Fortunately, gardeners have an arsenal of plants that rabbits naturally avoid due to strong scents, tough textures, or unappealing tastes. Including these plants in your garden …
It’s March, and if you’re standing at the back door with a rake in hand and a pile of garden debris calling your name, put the rake down. Not forever just for a few more weeks. What looks like a neglected mess is, right now, one of the most important things you can leave alone …
Every March, millions of gardeners stare at their tomato seedlings, watch a stretch of warm days roll in, and make the same impulsive decision: these are going in the ground today. And every year, those same gardeners spend the next three weeks watching their plants do absolutely nothing while the neighbor who waited another two …
Companion planting is one of the oldest ideas in agriculture. Long before synthetic pesticides, farmers around the world were placing certain crops next to each other deliberately, learning through observation which combinations thrived and which didn’t. Today, that ancient practice has made a full comeback in the home garden. The problem is that somewhere along …
Watching birds feast on backyard plants brings life to your garden long after the summer blooms have faded. As insects become scarce in the colder months, many of our feathered friends turn to the sweet, nutrient-rich fruits hanging from shrubs and trees. If you ask any ornithologist or birding enthusiast, they’ll tell you that planting …
Every March, nurseries across the U.S. fill their shelves with ornamentals, shade trees, and hedging plants that look gorgeous and come with zero disclosure about their toxicity. Some of the trees on this list can kill a child who eats a single berry. Others can send you to the emergency room just from burning their …
The monks who built the world’s most famous Zen gardens weren’t sitting quietly beside them, gazing into the distance. They were on their knees, raking gravel into careful patterns before dawn. The act of tending was never incidental – it was the whole point. If you want to create a zen garden that actually does …
Raccoons have a reputation problem. Knock over one trash can, steal a few ears of corn, and suddenly they’re public enemy number one. But written off too quickly, these masked mammals are doing more good in backyards across North America than most people ever stop to notice. Before setting out the deterrents, it’s worth taking …
The most valuable plants in your garden are the ones nobody talks about. They aren’t this year’s trending tomato variety or the latest heirloom squash. They’re the ones your grandparents planted in a back corner of the yard, mostly ignored, and quietly harvested every spring for the next thirty years without once reaching for a …