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
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 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
Top Lilies for Your Flower Garden
Every flower garden needs lilies. These easy, summer-blooming bulbs always put on a stunning display. Their long-lasting flowers are big and bold, yet supremely elegant. They are also wonderful cut flowers. There are dozens ofRead More
7 Tips for Beginning Flower Gardeners
Thomas Jefferson was one of our country’s most ardent and knowledgeable gardeners. In addition to writing the Declaration of Independence, serving as a governor, senator, diplomat and the third presidentRead More
Coral Flowers: The Trending Color Your Garden Needs Now
People who work in interior design, graphic design, fashion or homewares, are always tracking color trends. They find clues in unexpected places, from top travel destinations and movie sets, to food, art, books, socialRead More
How to Combine Alliums with Perennials
Garden designers love using alliums and it’s easy to see why. These flower globes grab your eyes with their bold shapes and sparkly florets. They bloom for weeks in late springRead More
How to Use Red in Your Flower Garden
Red is the boldest and most provocative hue on the color wheel. It’s also the complementary color for green. So in gardens, where green is the dominant color, our eyes experience redRead More
