Garden Tips
Go beyond your everyday gardening topics with provoking, informational articles that explore what’s outside of your garden gate, and help nurture your inner gardener.
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10 Plants for Wet Areas
If areas of your landscape are on the soggy side, you’ll want to select plants that can thrive in wet soil conditions. We’ve got a list of ten water-tolerant plants that can handle your landscape’s wet spots.

10 Cool Weather Flowers
Even when temperatures drop, you can still enjoy the color and fragrance that flowers offer. Discover ten flowers that do well in cool weather to brighten your landscape and your spirit.

How to Grow Peperomia Plants
Learn how to identify different peperomia plant varieties, including tips on growing and caring for peperomia as houseplants.

How to Grow Hostas
Hostas are easy to care for, love the shade and provide highly attractive foliage over a long season. Discover how to grow hostas successfully.

What’s Wrong with My Plant?
Brown leaf edges and wilting are just a couple of signals that something is wrong with your plant. Diagnose some of the most common houseplant problems and what you can do to correct them.

Invasive species in the U.S. – 5 Insect Pests That Damage Trees
There are many invasive insect species in the U.S. that damage trees. Their impacts are widespread. Let’s look at five of the most destructive of these pests, the damage they do and what, if anything, we can do to stop them.

Beautiful Hydrangea Companion Plants
Hydrangea companions enjoy the same growing conditions as a hydrangea shrub. Plus, many will bloom all season long, setting the stage for a spectacular garden display.

All About Garden Soil and Mulch
Find out what types of soil is best for growing plants and what mulch you should use. Along with tips for making healthy soil, use our soil and mulch calculators to find how much you need for pots, gardens, and raised beds.

How to Get Rid of Slugs in the Garden
In most instances, you can get rid of slugs in the garden without the need to use toxic chemicals or baits.

Chrysanthemums: Care, Colors and Varieties
A guide covering all aspects of growing and caring for chrysanthemums and the different colors and varieties available.

16 Flowers for Shade
Discover how you can infuse color into every corner of your garden with flowers for shade. These low-light tolerant plants can manage with six or more hours of shade each day.

How to Plant Ground Cover Plants
Low-maintenance ground cover plants prevent weeds and provide erosion control on slopes. Here are tips for planting garden ground cover that return year after year on hillsides, around trees and between pavers.