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Make the backyard garden of your dreams a reality with these gardening tips and ideas from our experts.

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Nicotiana Is a Hummingbird Garden’s Best Kept Secret

If you're looking to add flowering plants to your patio, try nicotiana. Fragrant nicotiana will impress you and your hummingbirds.

Columbine Flower Brings in the Hummingbirds

Attract hummingbirds to your yard with the eye-catching columbine flower. This colorful perennial may look delicate but it's one of...


Grow a Flowering Fuchsia Plant for Hummingbirds

A fuchsia plant is a beautiful summer bloomer. It makes an excellent container plant and is well-known for attracting hummingbirds.


Top 10 Pretty Peach Colored Flowers to Grow

Make your garden pretty in peach! Add peach colored flowers to your garden beds in honor of the 2024 Pantone...


Hummingbirds Flock to Trumpet Vine—But Is It Invasive?

In the right landscape, trumpet vine draws hummingbirds and other pollinators in droves. Here's how and where to grow this...

Top 10 Water-Loving Rain Garden Plants

Water-loving rain garden plants make a splash among birds, butterflies and bugs. These natives put spring showers to good use!


How to Root Woody Plant Cuttings

Learn the basics for growing new rooted woody plant cuttings, including what types of plants you should and should not...


Plant a Rain Garden in Your Yard

Choose a soggy spot in the yard and plant a rain garden. With a little planning, you can make better...


Grow a Drift Rose for Low Upkeep and Big Beauty

Roses used to be known as finicky divas, but a Drift Rose is easy-care, compact, and free-blooming, making it a...


Grow Verbena Bonariensis for Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Get tips for growing pollinator-friendly verbena bonariensis, known as tall verbena. Plus, learn where you shouldn't plant this perennial.


Iris Not Blooming? Here’s What to Do

Irises are lovely when they are in flower, but it is frustrating when your iris is not blooming. Find out...


Hummingbirds Love Vermillionaire Firecracker Plant

Transform your yard into a hummingbird paradise with a large, brightly colored vermillionaire cuphea plant, also known as a firecracker...


4 Ways to Raccoon-Proof Your Bird Feeder

Are raccoons raiding your backyard bird seed offerings? Get expert tips on how to raccoon-proof a bird feeder and keep...

Top 15 Small Shrubs for Small Spaces

Freshen up your front yard with these short, stylish bushes—all of our expert picks for the top small shrubs are...


Grow Nectar-Rich Native Plants for Hummingbirds

From butterfly weed to golden currant, here's how to grow the best native plants for hummingbirds in every corner of...


Blue Beauty: Grow Delphinium in Your Flower Garden

If you're a fan of blue flowers in the garden, you're going to want to start growing delphinium, also known...


Grow Dianthus for Fragrant Flowers and Fancy Foliage

Dianthus has beautiful silvery green foliage topped with delicate fragrant flowers in the spring. Add one or more to your...


Blue Flag Iris Care and Growing Tips

Gardens with wet soil are perfect for blue flag iris. These flowers bloom in the spring and provide thick green...


Ask the Experts: Winter Shrub Covers and Protection

Our garden expert talks about how to protect shrubs from heavy snow, wind and cold weather, including how to use...


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Top 13 Trees and Shrubs With Berries for Birds

Tasty fruits dangling from open branches entice birds, like cedar waxwings and American robins. Check out the best bird berries...


5 Common Mistakes Every New Gardener Makes

Every gardening expert was a new gardener once! Learn about some of the most common mistakes—and the simple solutions for...


Grow a Dogwood Tree for Beauty and the Birds

Dogwoods trees have good looks, and they also attract wildlife. Add a dogwood tree to your yard for colorful flowers,...

8 Fascinating Facts About Christmas Cactus

What do you know about this flowering drought-tolerant houseplant? Boost your holiday plant knowledge with these Christmas cactus facts.


Plant Hellebore (Lenten Rose) for Early Spring Blooms

Learn to care for Lenten rose, also known as hellebore. These early blooming flowers add beauty to your garden even...


How to Grow and Care for Phalaenopsis Orchids

Ready to give growing orchids a try? Phalaenopsis, also known as moth orchids, are a great place to start for...


Lilac Bush Not Blooming? Here’s What to Do

It can be frustrating if a lilac bush is not blooming. Get expert advice to fix this problem. Plus find...


7 Drought Tolerant Succulents for Beginners to Grow

Succulents are beautiful, low maintenance plants. Discover what makes these drought tolerant succulents the hottest thing in horticulture.


Top 10 Kitchen Garden Herbs to Grow for Cooking

Looking for herbs to grow for cooking recipes? Planted in a container or a vegetable garden, these fragrant herbs will...