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.
Cat safe plants let you keep a lush home without risking a curious cat. A roundup of non-toxic houseplants, toxic ones to avoid, and what to do if your cat nibbles.
The ZZ plant is nearly indestructible, yet overwatering kills it fast. Learn the right light and watering, plus how to fix yellow leaves and root rot.
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.
A zucchini plant buries you in squash once you nail the timing. Learn when to plant, how to space, prune, hand pollinate, harvest, and fix the usual problems.
A zen garden swaps flowers for raked gravel and a few rocks. Here is how to design, build, plant, and maintain a serene backyard karesansui, step by step.