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Flowers & Plants

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.

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2025’s Best New Garden Plants: Perennials for Sun

Discover 2025’s best sun perennials, from peonies to pollinator-friendly nativars — perfect for sunny borders!

2025’s Best New Garden Plants: Perennials for Shade

If you've got a shade garden filled with old favorites, check out these new varieties for 2025 that will brighten up your borders.

Best Flowering Shrubs with Multiseason Interest

Transform your garden with flowering shrubs that provide beauty throughout the seasons—vibrant foliage, colorful berries and lasting interest even after the blooms fade.

How to Grow Cinnamon Fern

Looking for a low-maintenance, standout plant for your shade garden? Try cinnamon ferns! Discover growing tips and check out our simple planting plan to add them to your garden.

How to Grow Sea Holly

Drought-tolerant and easy-care, sea holly's striking perennial blooms sparkle in any sunny garden. Learn how to grow this unique plant and our favorite varieties here!

Enter Our 2025 New Plant Sweepstakes!

Want to win free plants this spring? Sign up for Garden Gate's 2025 New Plant Sweepstakes here!

How to Grow Marigold Flowers

Marigold flowers are easy to grow and bloom nonstop through summer. Learn how to start these bright blooms from seed and keep them growing all season!

How to Grow Bee Balm

Pollinators can’t resist the bold summer flowers of bee balm! Find growing tips and meet a few of our favorite powdery mildew-resistant varieties to try in your garden.

Editor's Choice: ‘Mighty Chestnut’ Daylily

‘Mighty Chestnut’ daylily has outstanding blooms that put it a step above its classic older cousins and are just as easy to grow!

10 of Our Favorite Drought-Tolerant Flowers

These drought-tolerant flowers can take the heat and keep going when summer gets hot and dry.

This or That: ‘Gold Heart’ Bleeding Heart vs. ‘Sun King’ Aralia

Which plant with gold foliage is best for your garden? Learn about the differences between ‘Gold Heart’ bleeding heart vs. ‘Sun King’ aralia to help you choose.