20 Different Types Of Lavender (With Pictures) & How To Grow Them
Aromatic silver leaves and vibrant blue blooms define lavender, immediately transporting you to the sunlit Mediterranean shores. This iconic perennial shrub thrives in dry gardens,…
Ornamental Garden
15 Fall-Blooming Bulbs That Will Ignite Your Garden With a Burst of Autumn Splendor!
Fall is the “season of mellow wistfulness”, but also the time when we gardeners most need to fill in empty gaps in beds and borders…
20 Frost-Proof Perennials That Embrace and Endure the Coldest Winters
Your garden covers in a white (but cold) blanket of snow in winter? Temperatures drop below freezing, even a lot? …And you worry that your flowering…
15 Flowering Plants With Thorns that Redefining Floral Aesthetics & Garden Safety
Plants give us oxygen, they fill our gardens and prairies with seas of colorful flowers, they feed pollinators, they give us lush foliage under trees…
15 Stunning Blue Hydrangea Varieties and How to Maintain the Original Hue
From sky blue to light pastel, from intense and dark to almost purple, blue hydrangeas are always highly sought after in our gardens. Their massive…
25 Vibrant Coleus Varieties for a Lively, Color-Filled Garden
Maybe the title of annual king of Sun goes to sunflower, but we can at least agree that coleus deserves the rank of “prince of…
12 Plants That Look Remarkably Similar to Poison Ivy (but Aren’t) and How to Tell Them Apart
Poison ivy, what’s in a name? A lot, in this case! The small shrubs or climbers of the genus Toxicodendron are easy to confuse with…
15 Full Sun Perennials That Flourish in USDA Zone 9’s Balmy Embrace
Ah, full sun and USDA Zone 9—you’re the envy of many a gardener, indeed! You’re practically handed a palette of some of the most vibrant,…
9 Heartfelt Weeds with Heart-Shaped Leaves that Beat to Their Own Rhythm
There are weeds that grow on your lawn, under trees and shrubs, or even in your flower beds and they have heart shaped (cordate) leaves?…
How To Care For The Peacock Plant (Calathea Makoyana): Expert Tips for Lush and Vibrant Foliage
Calathea makoyana is a striking indoor houseplant native to Eastern Brazil. It is commonly called the Peacock Plant, due to the feathery patterns on its…