From annuals and perennials to flowering trees and shrubs, this is where your garden gets its color. Browse planting guides, bloom-time tips, and care advice for the ornamental plants that give a yard its structure, fragrance, and year-round interest.
Wisteria dazzles in spring but often refuses to bloom or swallows its support. Here is how to plant, train, prune, and choose the right species.
Growing verbena is easy once you learn its rhythm of sun, sharp drainage, and trimming. Here is how to plant, feed, and prune it for nonstop color all season.
Moonflowers open big, fragrant white blooms at dusk on a fast 20-foot vine. Learn to scarify the seeds, site them right, and keep the vine flowering.
Nasturtiums are easy to grow, but rich soil gives you leaves and no flowers. Learn to plant, grow, harvest, and troubleshoot these edible blooms.
Lilies look exotic but grow easily once you nail sun, drainage, and depth. Learn when to plant the bulbs, how to feed and water, plus the cat-safety rule.
Impatiens are the easiest way to fill a shady corner with color, but picking the right type and dodging downy mildew make all the difference. Here is how.
Growing hostas is easy once you nail the basics. Learn how much shade these foliage perennials need, plus watering, dividing, and slug control tips.
Growing hollyhock spires is easy once you know they are biennial. Learn to plant from seed, give full-sun care, beat rust, and keep blooms coming back yearly.
Honeysuckle rewards you with fragrant, hummingbird-loving blooms, but only if you choose a non-invasive type and plant it right. Here is how to grow it well.
Camellia shrubs have a fussy reputation, but most failures are fixable. Learn how to plant, water, feed, and prune them, plus why a camellia won’t bloom.
Green flowers cool hot palettes and bridge clashing colors. Discover the best green-flowering annuals, perennials, bulbs, and shrubs, organized by plant type.
Ground cover plants carpet the weedy spots grass can’t – dry sun, shade, slopes, pavers. A choose-by-condition guide with curated picks and invasives to skip.