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.
Asiatic lily bulbs are the easiest true lilies to grow – plant them deep in full sun, feed lightly, divide crowded clumps, and keep them away from cats.
The aster flower revives a fading fall garden — learn full sun, draining soil, the early-summer pinch, mildew prevention, and pollinator varieties.
Arborvitae makes the perfect privacy screen, but crowding and wet soil leave it brown and hollow inside. Learn to plant, space, water, and prune it right.
Annual flowers give instant, season-long color, yet most fizzle by July if planted wrong. Learn what annual means plus the best sun and shade picks.
Angelonia, the summer snapdragon, blooms nonstop in heat when other flowers quit. The full care guide to sun, soil, water, feeding, and pruning.
The anemone flower confuses gardeners because one name covers three different plants. Learn the types and how to plant, care for, and troubleshoot windflowers.
Amaryllis is the fast, dramatic holiday bulb that can rebloom for 20 years with the right care. Learn how to plant, water, and force it back into flower.
Beautyberry rewards you with glowing purple fall berries, yet many shrubs barely fruit. Learn how to plant, prune, and place it for the heaviest display.
Allium bulbs become softball-sized purple globes with little effort. Learn when to plant, depth and spacing, best varieties, and care for reliable blooms.
Alyssum is the easiest honey-scented carpet to grow, but it stalls in heat. Learn to grow sweet alyssum, shear it to rebloom, and use it for aphid control.
An acacia tree gives fast shade, fragrant golden flowers, and drought tolerance, but you must choose the right species. Here is how to grow acacias well.
The marigold flower is nearly foolproof, yet the type you pick and how you water decide whether you get a wall of blooms or a leggy plant with few flowers.