You don’t have to be royalty to have a beautiful garden. With attractively arranged plants appropriate for your location, you can stroll through a spectacular landscape right outside your door. To help you start off on the right foot, here is a list of kingly flowers that start with K. Add some geometric boxwood borders,…
Plants may not play music, but their brightly colored blossoms can put a smile on your face! To give you some ideas for how to add a bit of cheer to your garden, here are nine jazzy flowers that start with J. Annual Flowers that Start with J 1. Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Featuring small but…
You may not be able to recreate the Garden of Eden, but you can design a sort of paradise in your own backyard with a beautiful display of foliage and flowers. Plant a few of these heavenly flowers that start with H in your garden and take some time to relax in that peaceful place….
The large, showy globes of the hydrangea make it a popular shrub across the U.S. In addition to lush foliage and stunning flowers, this plant is also remarkably easy to care for. Want startling blue, hot pink, or deep purple blooms on your bush? Simply change the acidity of the soil! This article will not…
There are so many different types of flowers out there, it can be difficult to know what they all are. From the bold and beautiful to simple and elegant, and everything in between, we know that there is a flower to suit every personality and taste. Today we’re going to review some of the many…
The most beautiful gardens you will see next spring are not being planned in March. They are being planted right now, in the fall, by gardeners who know something most people do not: the perennials that go into the ground this season will come back next year with deeper roots, stronger stems, and more blooms…
Every September, the same instinct kicks in. The air cools, the blooms fade, and you reach for the shovel, ready to divide your perennials and spread the wealth around the garden for free. But that “free plants” promise is actually the most expensive mistake you can make this fall; dividing the wrong perennials in September…
That perennial clump in your garden that stopped blooming last year isn’t aging out. It’s suffocating. Underneath the soil, its roots have spent years tangling into a dense, woody mass that can no longer pull nutrients or water from the surrounding earth. And every fall you walk past it without a shovel in hand, you’re…
Most gardeners are watering their drought-tolerant plants to death. Lavender, sedum, and agave are among the most frequently killed plants in American home gardens; not from heat or lack of rain, but from the very thing gardeners think is helping: too much water. If that surprises you, you are not alone, and understanding this one…