Snowdrops are the earliest spring bulb, but dry bulbs fail to establish. Learn to plant in the green, naturalize drifts in shade, and pick the best varieties.
Snow peas are the flat, edible-pod peas you pick whole before the peas swell. Learn to plant this cool-season crop, trellis the vines, and time the harvest.
The snake plant is the nearly indestructible houseplant beginners love – here is how to water it right, pick a variety, propagate it, and fix problems.
Snake plant care is nearly foolproof, yet overwatering kills more than neglect. Learn the watering rhythm, light, soil, and how to fix yellow, drooping leaves.
A smoke tree rewards you with summer haze and fiery fall color, but only if you get its two quirks right: lean soil and the pruning that decides the smoke.
Shrub roses skip the fuss of finicky hybrid teas, growing like any easy flowering shrub. Learn the popular groups, plus how to plant, feed, and prune them.
Shrubs give a garden its bones, color, and privacy. Learn what defines a shrub, how to choose one by garden role, plant it right, and care for it.
The serrano pepper runs two to five times hotter than a jalapeno, yet one compact plant is easy to grow and yields 50-plus pods from seed to harvest.
What is a seedling heat mat? It is a waterproof pad that warms your seed tray from below so warm-season seeds germinate faster and far more evenly indoors.
Seed starting mix is a fine, sterile, soilless medium for sprouting seeds – what it is, how it beats potting mix and garden soil, and how to use it right.
The sedum plant is the ultimate low-care perennial, but most failures come from too much water and rich soil. Learn how to grow stonecrop the right way.
Sassafras is a striking native tree with three leaf shapes, fiery fall color, and aromatic roots, but it suckers fast and carries a safrole caveat.