Plumbago rewards full sun and sharp drainage with sky-blue summer flowers. Learn to plant, prune, train, and overwinter this easygoing shrub.
Cast iron plant survives deep shade, dry spells, and the neglect that kills other houseplants. Learn how to grow Aspidistra elatior indoors and outdoors.
The chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) brings blue-purple summer spikes and pollinators to hot, dry gardens. Learn to plant, prune, train, and care for vitex.
Front yard landscaping ideas often stall at a tired lawn and three shrubs. Plan your site, pick the right plants, and design a yard that welcomes.
Sugar beets are big white taproots you can grow at home for syrup, sugar, or livestock and wildlife forage. Learn soil, sowing, thinning, pests, and harvest.
Winter melon is a warm-season cucurbit needing full sun, a long hot season, and room to roam, rewarding the wait with waxy gourds that store for months.
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.
Grow feijoa, or pineapple guava, with this guide to hardiness zones, self-fertile cultivars and pollinators, planting, pruning, and harvesting ripe fruit.
Oxalis, the purple false shamrock, folds its clover-like leaves at night and grows from corms. Get the light, watering, dormancy, and dividing right.
Manure builds rich soil, but fresh manure burns roots and spreads weeds. Learn which types to use, how to age and compost it, and how to apply it safely.
Ajuga (bugleweed) carpets shade or sun fast with blue spring flowers and colorful evergreen leaves. Learn to plant, space, contain, and prevent crown rot.
Growing bilberry is harder than growing its blueberry cousin. Learn the cool climate, acidic moist soil, and shade this wild European berry needs to thrive.