How to Make Your Shade Garden Shine
If your yard is shadier than you’d like, you may feel a bit jealous of gardeners with lots of sun. But a shade garden offers some unique design opportunities. Here areRead More
2020 Color Trends for Gardeners
Pantone’s 2020 color of the year is Classic Blue. In the horticultural world, true blue is hard to find, so gardeners can’t do much with this year’s color. But Pantone also publishesRead More
The Most Colorful Tulips for Your Spring Garden
Who is the intended audience for your spring flower garden? If I were answering that question, I’d say it’s mostly me. Yet my garden is not only for me. It’s also for everyone whoRead More
How to Plan a Spring Bulb Garden
It’s easy to plant a bag of daffodils or a few dozen tulips. But if you want a spring bulb garden that blooms for months rather than weeks, it requires a little more planning. Here are six ways toRead More
Best Perennials for Late Summer Color
When is your perennial garden at its best? Most gardeners would say late May through July—a glorious but short 8 weeks. But by August, those plants have usually stopped blooming and are starting to lookRead More
How to Use Blue in Your Flower Garden
Gardeners find it hard to resist the allure of blue flowers. Delphiniums, muscari, lobelia, Himalayan blue poppies, plumbago, hydrangeas, or morning glories — we crave them all. In the horticultural world, blue is an unusualRead More
How to Group Container Plants: Tips from Great Dixter
Great Dixter is one of the world’s most famous gardens. Located in East Sussex, just south of London, it was the family home of innovative plantsman and garden writer ChristopherRead More
Landscaping with Daylilies
Few plants can rival daylilies for toughness, adaptability and easy care. These summer-blooming perennials perform as well in Minnesota as they do in Florida, and will grow in almost any type of soil. They are rarely troubled by diseases orRead More
How to Use Purple in Your Flower Garden
The color purple may not have a big role in your wardrobe or home décor, but in a garden, purple flowers are essential for adding depth, richness and three seasonRead More
Spring Checklist for Flower Gardeners
As winter finally turns to spring, gardeners everywhere breathe a collective sigh of relief. At last, we can get back outdoors where the birds are singing and flowers are blooming! Our enthusiasm and pentRead More
