The January birth flower is the carnation and snowdrop. Learn what each color means, the symbolism behind both, and exactly how to grow them in your garden.
The jasmine flower rewards you with intense fragrance when grown right. Learn how to plant, support, prune, and bloom true jasmine indoors and out.
The iris flower gives a dramatic spring display for little effort, yet planting depth, drainage, and sun are easy to get wrong. Here is how to grow irises.
Hyssop is a drought-proof Mediterranean herb that loves sun and sharp drainage. Learn to grow, prune, harvest, and use it, and tell it from anise hyssop.
Iceberg lettuce is the hardest lettuce to grow at home: it needs a long cool season, wide spacing, and steady water to firm a tight, crisp head.
Italian parsley is easy to grow once you crack its two quirks – slow seeds and cut-and-come-again leaves. Learn to plant, harvest, and store it.
Hydrangea flowers stall when you misread the type. Learn the six bloom forms, the blue-to-pink color trick, why yours won’t bloom, and how to dry them.
The hyacinth flower brings the boldest color and strongest scent of early spring, but the fat spike only repeats if you plant the bulbs right and chill them.
Hydrangea care comes down to a few fixable basics: where to plant, how to water deeply, when to prune old versus new wood, and why a shrub will not bloom.
Learning how to take care of orchids? This guide covers light, the right way to water (soak and drain, not ice cubes), bark vs moss, and fixing limp leaves.
Dreaming of a flower garden but not sure where to dig? This start-to-finish guide covers choosing the spot, prepping soil, picking flowers, and design.
How to prune tomatoes the right way – which plants to prune, what suckers to remove, how to train stems, and when to top for an earlier harvest.