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.
Sky pencil holly grows up in a slim green column but splays under snow. Learn to plant, site, prune, and winter-protect this narrow evergreen in zones 6 to 9.
Ajuga (bugleweed) carpets shade or sun fast with blue spring flowers and colorful evergreen leaves. Learn to plant, space, contain, and prevent crown rot.
Tuberose rewards patience with waxy white spikes and an intoxicating evening scent. Learn to plant, water, feed, store, and divide this tender summer bulb.
Grape hyacinth (Muscari) is a tough little spring bulb, not a true hyacinth. Learn fall planting, lawn naturalizing, dividing clumps, and spread control.
A poplar tree gives you fast shade and golden fall color, but plant it wrong and its roots cause trouble. Here is how to choose, plant, and care for one.
Night blooming jasmine fills warm evenings with intense sweet perfume, but its scent, toxicity, and vigor mean placement matters. Learn how to grow it well.
Cherry plum confuses gardeners because the name covers a sweet early fruit tree and purple-leaf ornamentals. Here is how to tell them apart and grow them.
Skullcap is a tough native perennial that draws bees and butterflies and shrugs off deer. Learn the best Scutellaria species, light, soil, and propagation.
Campanula, or bellflower, is an easy perennial from creeping mats to tall spikes. Learn to plant, water, deadhead, divide, and tame creeping bellflower.
Yucca plant leaves yellowing or the cane going soft? Master yucca plant care indoors and out: lean watering, gritty soil, bright light, and easy propagation.
Yellow flowers brighten any garden. This guide sorts the best by plant type, sun or shade, and bloom time, with zones and named varieties for your spot.
Willow tree care is forgiving once you know what these fast-growing moisture lovers want. Learn how to choose, site, plant, water, and prune a willow.