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5 Tips for Enticing Hummingbirds to Your Yard
Fast-moving, jewel-tone hummingbirds are fascinating additions to your yard. Here are tips for attracting them.
How to Make a Butterfly Garden
It’s easy to make a butterfly garden. Use these simple steps.
Chic Container Garden Ideas
Design your own chic container gardens by getting ideas from this collection we displayed in the Costa Farms Trial Garden. By Justin Hancock
Watering Plants Indoors and Out
Keeping your indoor and outdoor plants hydrated is essential if you want them to remain in top form. By Doug Jimerson
11 Easy Colorful Container Garden Ideas
Cultivate your artistic side by mixing and matching colorful annuals, perennials, and tropical plants in containers.
12 Annual Flowers That Can Take the Cold
Add months to your gardening season by planting cool-weather annuals in the early spring (or fall) when temperatures are too chilly for m...
10 Smart Tips for a Colorful Garden
Employ these ten easy tips in your yard to ensure lots of bold, beautiful color. By Doug Jimerson and Karen Weir-Jimerson
10 Ways to Celebrate the Earth (at Home)
Here are easy things to do this spring (or anytime) to celebrate and sustain the health of the planet we call home. By Karen Weir-Jimerson
10 Ways to Save $$$ on Gardening
There are easy ways to trim the cost of gardening projects. Water less, weed less, cut down on herbicide use, and turn your landscape in...
10 September Gardening Tips
Early fall is perfect for planting. Dig into your garden and make it bigger, better, and more colorful!
10 Things to Do in Your Garden in August
Keep your late-summer garden looking fantastic with these tips for August. By Doug Jimerson
10 Things To Do in Your Garden in June
As the days lengthen and the temperatures climb, your garden should be busting out all over. Here’s a list of things to do now.
10 Things to Do in Your Garden in July
Midsummer can be the best and the worst of times in your garden. Here are some tips to help you focus on the best of times. By Doug Jimerson
10 Tips for Terrific Containers
The sky’s the limit when it comes to container gardening. You can grow almost anything in pots and planters, mixing and matching flowers,...
15 Best Flowers for Summer
Plant these long-lived annual flowers that thrive in heat and humidity.
10 April Gardening Tips
Not sure what to do in your garden? Check out our April Gardening Tips. By Doug Jimerson
10 Things to Do in Your Garden in March
Get your spring garden in shape with these must-do March tips. By Doug Jimerson
Plant Care Tips
Light for Houseplants Light for Outdoor Plants Watering Houseplants Watering Outdoor Plants The Wick & Grow® Self-Wateri...
About Plant Patents
It can be confusing to see a plant tag say "propagation prohibited." Learn more about plant patents and why tags have to say this.
Enjoy Early Spring Color
Push the seasonal envelope with early-bird annuals that keep on blooming even through an occasional unexpected frost.