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Don’t Prune These 7 Plants in Early Spring or You’ll Lose This Year’s Flowers – Check the Right Timing for Your Zone
Many spring bloomers set buds the year before. Cut too soon and you’ll sacrifice the show – here’s how to get the timing right.
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Plant This Stunning Lily Pot Lasagna in March for a Summer of Fragrant Beauty in Small SpacesFor a foolproof summer planting recipe to make your summer really pop, try lily lasagna bulb planting. This breathtaking triple threat promises a continuous summer of lovely lilies for lazy gardeners
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10 Bulbs You Can Plant in March to Color-Drench Your Summer Garden – You're Missing an Easy Trick if You Don't Try These Striking Blooms
These summer-flowering bulbs have the most fabulous blooms and they're simple to grow, even if you're a beginner gardener
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If Your Peonies Had Fungus Last Year, Spray Them With This Natural Remedy Now for Healthy Blooms This Spring
Fungal diseases on peonies can cause distorted blooms or no flowers at all. If your plants had problems last year, spray them now to ensure big blooms later.
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Double Your Blooms This Summer With These 4 Easy March Pruning Tricks Anyone Can Master
It’s not just what you cut, it’s the way that you do it. If you’re looking to ramp up your flower power this summer, you need these 4 pruning tricks – and now’s the time to go for it. Don’t be shy, you’ve got this!
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6 Fast-Growing Flowers to Start in Spring – for Blooms in Just 2 Months
Impatient gardeners, rejoice! These fast-growing flowers only take two months to go from seed to bloom. Start them now for flowers by May.
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Plant These 8 Forgiving Perennials for a Summer Garden Full of Color For Years to Come
Here's how I cheat my last frost date and plant early for a head start on low-maintenance summer color – and it couldn’t be easier
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March Is a Big Month for Wildflowers – Here’s What Will Bloom (and When)
Bloodroot for new beginnings, coltsfoot for resilience, spring beauty for fleeting joy. Every March wildflower tells a story...
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Be Brave and Give These 6 Plants a Hard Prune in Early March – You’ll Get Great Results, Even if You’re a Beginner Gardener
Pruning can be scary, we know, but you can safely snip these fast growers without a worry.
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These 8 Plants Are Always the Last to Wake Up in Spring – Plus, 3 Easy Checks That Show They Are Still Alive
Spring is round the corner, so why does your favorite perennial look like a clump of sticks? Before you write it off, check to see if it’s one of these 8 notoriously late sleepers
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12 Cut Flower Seeds I Sow Every March for Vases of Blooms All Summer
I’ve been growing my own cut flowers for bouquets and displays for more than a decade – these are the speedy, stress-free yet super-stylish varieties I wouldn’t be without.
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How to Create a Fairy Ring with Spring Bulbs for a Natural, Whimsical Garden FeatureTulips, daffodils, hyacinths… and a little bit of magic. Create a fairy ring that feels like it grew overnight.
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March Is Your Last Chance to Prune These 8 Plants – Miss the Window and You’ll Get Fewer Flowers
March is the last time you will get to prune these plants before they break dormancy. Prune now to enjoy better growth this spring and summer.
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Cottage Garden Shrubs – 10 Dreamy Picks for a Nostalgic and Romantic Aesthetic
Easy naturalistic movement meets evocative nostalgia in the heart of the cottage garden. Discover 10 essential flowering shrubs that provide a multi-seasonal tapestry of color and texture
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As the Ground Thaws in March, I'm Sowing These 8 Flower Seeds for a Head Start on Summer Color
Lots of hardy annuals are tough enough to be sown outside as soon as your soil is workable. Stockpile these seeds now, have your trowel at the ready, and watch that weather forecast!
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Trout Lily Care Guide: How to Grow This Native Woodland Ephemeral
The trout lily only blooms 1-2 weeks per year, but it's worth it! Plant these gorgeous woodland wildflowers for a blanket of yellow every spring.
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Did You Know There’s a Flower to Represent Your Wedding Anniversary? Here’s What It Symbolizes
Whether it’s your first, fifth, or 60th wedding anniversary (congratulations!), you’d best believe that there’s a special flower to mark each milestone…
