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.
Coral bells light up shade gardens with vivid foliage, but soggy soil and harsh sun ruin them. Learn how to grow, water, and overwinter Heuchera right.
Chrysanthemums die every fall for many gardeners, but hardy garden mums are perennials. Plant in spring, pinch through summer, and overwinter them right.
The citronella plant or mosquito plant rarely repels mosquitoes-here is the honest science, plus how to grow and overwinter this scented geranium.
The cockscomb flower brings velvety, flame-colored blooms all summer, but wet soil and early planting kill many plants. Here is how to grow celosia right.
The columbine flower (Aquilegia) is a hummingbird-magnet perennial with spurred, nodding blooms. Learn how to plant, water, deadhead, and troubleshoot it.
Catmint is the easiest blue perennial you can grow: it blooms for months on lean soil, shrugs off drought, feeds bees, and resists deer with almost no care.
Confused by cedar trees? Eastern red cedar is a juniper, western red cedar an arborvitae, only Cedrus is a true cedar. Learn to tell them apart and grow each.
Candytuft is an evergreen perennial that smothers itself in early-spring bloom and asks for almost nothing. Learn how to plant, prune, and keep it flowering.
The canna lily brings bold tropical color all summer, but cold soil rots its rhizomes. Learn to plant, feed, deadhead, overwinter, and choose the best cannas.
Cardinal flower is a scarlet native perennial hummingbirds love, but it sulks if its needs go unmet. Learn to plant, water, and overwinter Lobelia cardinalis.
A catalpa tree gives huge heart-shaped leaves, showy summer flowers, and fast shade, but drops a lot of litter. Learn how to choose, plant, and care for one.
Calibrachoa yellows and quits blooming when starved or grown too alkaline. Learn the full-sun, heavy-feeding, acidic care that keeps million bells flowering.