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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All About Fragrant Plants
Great garden design isn’t just a combination of balancing color, texture, shape and bloom seasons, it’s also about creating a connection with the sounds and smells of nature. Learn about fragrant plants you can include in your garden to create a more complete garden experience.

All About Growing Annual Plants
The info you need to know to grow annual plants. We gathered all our tips about choosing which flowers to grow and how to take care of annuals.

What to Plant in July + Essential Summer Gardening Tips
Discover our summer gardening tips to keep your plants looking their best and what you should be planting in July for a beautiful fall garden.

What to Plant in Summer
What do you do when the flowers you planted in spring are fading, and your early season crops are picked through? You plant a fresh batch of heat-loving plants that will thrive through the summer into fall. Here are twelve ideas for flowers and vegetables to plant in summer.

10 Types of Pumpkins to Grow
Look at the different types of pumpkins you can grow! Pumpkin varieties can be white, green, blue, mini, large and unusual shapes.

Different Kinds of Sage Plants
Sage plants are a diverse group that includes plants that are durable, ornamental, pollinator-friendly and in some cases, edible. Get to know some of the more popular types of sage for home gardening.

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.

8 Perennials and Shrubs to Plant Near Black Walnut Trees
Black walnut trees produce a toxin that prevents many plants from growing in their shade. Here are eight tolerant plants that will happily grow under black walnut trees.

Are Sunflowers Annuals or Perennials?
What is a sunflower? Can sunflowers be perennial as well as annual? Learn more about some of the many plants commonly called “sunflower”.

Deer Resistant Shrubs
Beautify and protect your landscape by planting deer resistant shrubs. 12 shrubs that you’re not likely to find on the menu when deer come to visit.

Your Last Frost Date – What You Need to Know
Check the last frost date for your area, learn why it matters, and discover how you can work around it to avoid subjecting your seedlings to damaging conditions.

All About Asparagus Fern Houseplants – Types and Care
The common name “asparagus fern” is used for several different Asparagus species. Identify which asparagus fern you are growing and how to grow it as a potted plant indoors.