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How to Make Your Own Potting Mix

Those big bags of potting mix can get expensive, especially for gardeners who plant a lot of containers. Find out how to make your own or stretch a purchased bag of potting mix.

Soil Improvements & Composting

How to Make Your Own Potting Mix

Those big bags of potting mix can get expensive, especially for gardeners who plant a lot of containers. Find out how to make your own or stretch a purchased bag of potting mix.

Plant Selection

Add the 2022 Color of the Year to Your Garden

Pantone's 2022 color of the year is a new shade of blue with violet-red undertones called Very Peri. Find out which plants resemble this color and which plants complement this color well in the garden.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

10 Vegetables That Provide the Best Payback

Check out these 10 vegetables that have been known to produce better with minimal growing efforts.

Weed Notes

Weeds That Hurt Us

Weeds can be more than cosmetic nuisances that tarnish the look of a tended landscape. Some of them can be harmful and even deadly when ingested. Find out which weeds you should be avoiding contact with.

Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

How to Avoid Transplant Shock

Plants react differently when moving from one location to another. Find out how you can avoid "transplant shock" when migrating your plants.

Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

Why Are My Plants Failing to Thrive?

Plants aren't always happy where you put them. Good plants appear to sulk, scarcely grow, or worse – start down the path to a slow death.

Annuals

5 Best New Annual Flowers of 2022

Check out this new crop of annual flowers that debuted this spring.

Trees & Shrubs

7 Trees That Can Withstand the Heat

These 7 trees can handle high temperatures in warmer southern climates and hot summers in the north.

Tools & Equipment

8 Must-Have Gardening Tools

Whether you’re new to gardening or a veteran, you’ll get your work done more efficiently if you have the right tool for the job. Read more about 8 must-have tools for gardening.

Landscape Design

Five Hot Gardening Trends of 2022

What’s in store for 2022 gardening? Check out these five trends that industry watchers believe are brewing.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Award-Winning New Edible Plants of 2022

Check out these new, award-winning vegetables of 2022.

Perennials

Five Best New Perennials of 2022

Growers and garden centers have some interesting new and compact twists on tap for several favorite perennial flowers as spring 2022 unfolds.

Get Rid of Weeds

Beat the Weeds? Stop the Seeds

Beating the weeds is no easy chore. The real task is stopping the seeds from germinating. Read more on how to stop the seeds from spreading in your lawn or garden.

Get Rid of Weeds

How to Tackle Crabgrass in the Lawn & Garden

Crabgrass is one of the most common weeds we spot in our lawns and gardens. Read more to find out how to get down and dirty with crabgrass.

Get Rid of Weeds

How it Works: Preen Garden Weed Preventers

Here's how our Garden Weed Preventers prevent weeds before they even sprout rather than killing them after they’ve already had the chance to grow.

Plant Selection

Top 10 Early Bloomers

These 10 bulbs, perennials, or shrubs are hot out of the gate after a long and cold winter which makes them great candidates for your garden.

Get Rid of Weeds

2022 Spring Weed Control Guide

Take back the yard with this springtime weed-control game plan for three key areas of the yard.

Get Rid of Weeds

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Pruning

Why a Plant Changes Its Look

Sometimes plants suddenly change their look, sprouting branches that aren’t common in its shape. Read about why this happens and what to do about it.

Seasonal Tasks

4 Landscape Jobs to Skip this Fall

Though it may feel like there are a lot of tasks to complete in your landscape once fall arrives, there are a handful of them you can skip.

Trees & Shrubs

Garden Guide: Drought-Tolerant Flowering Shrubs

Adding drought tolerant flowering shrubs to your landscape gives you an easy way to add beauty to your landscape.

Get Rid of Weeds

Going After Weeds in the Off-Season

Weed seeds hide within the soil throughout the winter, so it’s important to get rid of and prevent weeds during the off season.

Landscape Design

Why the Mailbox is a Great Place for a Garden

If you’re looking to add some easy curb appeal to your home, plant a garden at your mailbox.

Trees & Shrubs

Confused Plants: Why Are They Blooming Again?

Plants that commonly only bloom in the spring may also bloom in the fall. While not always normal, it’s okay and won’t harm the plant. Enjoy the show.

Annuals

5 Annual Flowers that Can Take the Heat

Looking for drought-tolerant annuals that can beat the heat? Try any of these annuals that are drought tolerant and don’t need much water.

Annuals

Garden Guide: Drought-Tolerant Annuals

Looking for drought-tolerant annuals that can beat the heat? Try any of these annuals that are drought tolerant and don’t need much water.

Perennials

Garden Guide: Drought-Tolerant Perennials

Looking for drought-tolerant perennials that can beat the heat? Try any of these perennial plants that are drought tolerant and don’t need much water.

Perennials

The Best Perennials to Grow in the Shade: Tall & Shady

If you’re looking for perennial plants that will grow in the shade, look no further. Variegated Solomon’s seal, Hosta, and White wood aster are three tall perennials that thrive in the shade.

Perennials

The Best Perennials to Grow in the Shade: Mid-sized & Shady

If you’re looking for perennial plants that will grow in the shade, look no further. Lenten rose, liriope, and Pennsylvania sedge are three mid-sized perennials that thrive in shade.

Perennials

The Best Perennials to Grow in the Shade: Short & Shady

If you’re looking for perennial plants that will grow in the shade, look no further. Pachysandra, barrenwort, and golden star are three short perennials that thrive in shade.

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