Lorna Kring

How to Create Glorious Garden Color Schemes

What to Do if Your Astilbe Fails to Bloom

How and When to Fertilize Basil

15 of the Best Mint Varieties to Grow at Home

27 of the Best Dahlia Varieties for Your Garden

Easy Fixes for Calla Lilies That Won’t Bloom

Reasons Why Lily of the Valley May Fail to Bloom

How to Naturalize Grape Hyacinth (Muscari) in Lawns

When and How to Plant Flower Bulbs After Forcing

How to Prevent Christmas Cactus Bud Drop

When and How to Fertilize Christmas Cactus

When and How to Repot Amaryllis Bulbs

How to Grow and Care for Bridalwreath Spirea Spiraea prunifolia, S. x vanhouttei, S. cantoniensis

Tips for Landscaping with Yucca Plants

27 of the Best Echeveria Varieties

How to Overwinter Nemesia Flowers

How to Divide and Transplant Yucca Offshoot Pups

How to Lift and Store Crocus Bulbs

How to Overwinter Dahlias

Colorful and ornamental, easy-care Echeveria species, hybrids, and cultivars are flowering succulents that thrive on neglect and arid conditions in the garden.They can be raised as houseplants as well.

Star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is a highly popular vine that responds well when cut back to manage its size and spread, or to encourage branching for denser growth.We link to vendors to help you f

Showy and vibrant, fiery Crocosmia flowers are ideal for the late summer garden, blooming for weeks when many other perennials are fading and spent.Summer-flowering corms, they quickly form vibr

Spirea is among the easiest of shrubs to grow and care for.One of the most popular of flowering wood

Tall-stemmed and elegant, calla lilies are loved for their chic and colorful trumpet-shaped flowers along with their handsome, upright foliage.With their classy good looks, Zantedeschiaplants make h

Full of flavor and wonderfully aromatic, basil, Ocimum basilicum, is one of the easiest herbs to grow. Its pungent, peppery taste with a hint of licorice makes it popular in a variety of cuisines.This member of the mint, or Lami

Don’t you love showy plants that provide multiple seasons of interest?Cotoneaster shrubs are hardworking an

Just because summer’s over doesn’t mean tending your garden is finished for the year.There’s still some work to be done, and t

Do you think it’s even possible to have too many lavender plants?A fragrant favorite in flower be

Dianthus species like carnations, pinks, and sweet williams are old-fashioned charmers with delightful, ruffled flowers and a sweetly spicy scent.And choosing the right companions to plant

With their unique, climbing habit, vines are the perfect plants for adding vertical interest with bright summer colors to the garden.Most are fast growing, and their clinging o

Dahlias are beloved by gardeners and florists for their large array of glorious colors and delightful flowers that range from miniature pompoms to giant dinnerplates!Flowering from midsummer until the arrival of frost, th

When the late season garden starts to fade from summer’s heat, dahlias are one of the best choices to add delightful months-long displays of brilliantly colored blooms.The timing of these flowers is perfect!From July until t

Butternut trees, aka white walnuts, are among the hardiest of all nut trees and prized for their sweetly flavored, oily kernels.Native to North America, the delicious and nutritious n

Showy and low maintenance, gaura, also known as beeblossom, is a North American native that’s highly popular as a cultivated wildflower.Plants have an open form, with long, waving wands dotted with delicate, fluttering flow

Adored by florists and gardeners everywhere, lilies are delightfully flamboyant with gorgeous flowers and heady perfume.Renowned for their big, bold blooms i

Do you have a hankering for the taste of homegrown tomatoes, but lack the real estate for a garden plot?Well, there’s no need for despai