Flowers & Plants

Everything you want to know about how to grow your favorite flowers and other plants. Meet plants for sun and shade, learn how to grow annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees and shrubs and see our recommendations for which plants will work best in your garden.

Plant Guide

2026’s Best New Plant Introductions: Shade Perennials

Looking for new additions for your shade garden? Check out new shade perennial introductions for 2026 to keep an eye out for.

Plant Guide

Learn how to grow the best plants. Browse our growing tips for annuals, perennials, bulbs, shrubs and more. We'll show you the best plants for shade gardens, sun gardens and everything in between.

2026’s Best New Garden Shrubs

Discover the best new shrubs of the year, from compact picks to showy hydrangeas—packed with color, fragrance and serious garden appeal.

2026’s Best New Garden Plants: Annuals & Tender Perennials

Meet our new favorites, from part-shade standouts (including fresh petunia varieties) to full-sun annuals and tender perennials—perfect for containers and garden borders.

2026’s Best New Plant Introductions: Sun Perennials

Get excited about 2026’s best new sun perennials, from colorful blooms to compact and deer-resistant picks perfect for sunny borders.

2026’s Best New Plant Introductions: Shade Perennials

Looking for new additions for your shade garden? Check out new shade perennial introductions for 2026 to keep an eye out for.

How to Grow Beautiful Hollyhock Flowers

Learn how to grow hollyhocks and fill your borders with their colorful spikes, a beloved favorite in cottage gardens.

‘May Night’ Salvia Growing Guide

Discover why ‘May Night’ salvia is a must-have for your garden—this popular variety offers stunning blooms and natural resistance to deer and rabbits.

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Designing With

Put your favorite plants to work—creative design solutions, beautiful combinations and more!

Designing With Late-Season Salvias in the Garden

Let’s explore how to work deer-resistant and long-blooming salvias into your beds, borders and container garden designs.

How to Plant Native Plants in Natural Layers

Grow native plants in natural layers to create a meadow garden.

Tips for Decorating with Houseplants

We asked a pro to share her favorite tips for decorating with houseplants. Folia Collective’s Denae Horst shares the best ways to display plants and which houseplants work best in every room of the house.

Fall Flower Arrangements

You can bring a bit of the garden indoors by creating beautiful fall flower arrangements using these tips from a pro.

Vintage Urban Garden | Chloe’s Garden’s Story

I’m working to restore my vintage garden into a space for pollinators, produce, children and all-around appreciators of beauty. Come enjoy the process with me!

How to Design with Goldenrod

Goldenrod is a prolific native that will add life to your landscape. Design with goldenrod and make your garden explode with fall beauty.

Bird- & Butterfly-Friendly

Design a butterfly and bird garden. Learn which plants attract butterflies and birds. Choose the best feeders. Learn to identify butterflies. It's all here!

This or That: Black-Eyed Susan Vs. Purple Coneflower

Find out which wildlife-friendly native perennial is best suited for your garden — and you just might decide to plant both!

Support Wildlife With Late-Blooming ‘Southern Cross’ Ironweed

Enjoy loads of purple flowers in late summer to fall with ‘Southern Cross’ ironweed, a naturally occurring hybrid of the native Vernonia species.

Host Plants for Different Butterfly Species

Butterflies depend on specific host plants to feed their caterpillars. Learn which plants support which species and why they’re essential in the garden.