Planting

VIDEO Plant an Easy-to-Water Strawberry Jar
  by Daryl Beyers

VIDEO How to Plant Peonies
Planting the right way can improve your odds of getting those glorious blooms

VIDEO How to Plant a Balled and Burlapped Tree
by Daryl Beyers

VIDEO Planting Ornamentals (Bare Root)
by Daryl Beyers

VIDEO Planting Ornamentals (Container-Grown)
by Daryl Beyers

Planting the Right Way
Packaging determines how to put your new purchase in the ground by Jason Griffin

Q&A Lanky cleome seedlings
by John C. Fech

Planting Ground Covers
Proper spacing and regular care are the best ways to create a lush, weed-free carpet by Mary Hirshfeld

Q&A A strategy for planting
by Barbara Ashmun

Q&A A hilly predicament
by Melissa Levangie

Planting under a Tree
Follow these four steps to conquer this challenging site by Doris Taylor

Don't Plan, Just Plant
This gardener offers a no-nonsense approach to designing a perennial border by Amy Fahmy

Q&A Garden on the move
by Barbara Ashmun

Plant by Number
The key to a design’s success is understanding how many plants to use and how to arrange them by Julie Siegel

Naturalizing Spring-Blooming Bulbs
Here's how to make bulbs look as if Mother Nature planted them herself by Charles W.G. Smith

Remaking a Bed
When your plant tastes change, dig in, dig up, and pray for rain by Linda Wesley

To Stake or Not to Stake
Most trees don't need staking. So how do you know when to stake and how to do it right? by Lee Reich

READER'S TIP
No-stoop seed sowing
by Yvonne Savio

Q&A Pay attention to where you plant a variegated hosta
by Charles W.G. Smith

Q&A Transplanting rose bushes
by Andrew Schulman

How to Repot Container Plants
Trimming the roots and refreshing the soil give potbound plants a new lease on life by James D. Kramer

Digging and Storing Woody Plants
The aim when transplanting is to keep root balls compact and protected by Tim Hensley

Q&A Gardening by the moon
by Steve Silk

Mass Plantings
Create impact or harmony by grouping masses of just a few plants by Ruth Adams

Planting Bareroot Trees
Take these steps to get mail-order trees off to a healthy start by Lee Reich

READER'S TIP
Easy plant labels
by Lorraine Methven

Q&A Perennials with bulbs
by Judy Glattstein

Planted Pockets Give Life to Stone Walls
Fill cracks and crevices with drought-tolerant plants for a been-there-forever look by Jeni Webber

Weave a Garden of Self-Sown Splendor
Letting nature have a strong hand yields a garden of untamed beauty by Gary Keim

Get Those Seedlings in the Ground
Whether you raise them yourself or buy them, help ease the way for tender young plants by Linda Wesley

Jump Start Your Seeds
Use these tricks to speed germination then plant up some pots by Sally Roth

Q&A Transplanting tips for espalier
by Lee Reich

Q&A Sowing tips for vigorous poppies
by Sally Roth

Q&A Transplanting an old rosebush
by Lynn Hunt

A Flurry of Snowdrops
For blossoms at winter's end, plant a drift of bulbs this fall by Kathleen S. Dickson

Q&A Moving a tree peony
by David Furman

READER'S TIP
Keeping seed packets in view
by Cristina Duchaump

READER'S TIP
A grass-seed shaker
by Jerome Knapp

READER'S TIP
Toothpick seed markers
by Susan A. Henderson

VIDEO How to Plant Alliums
by Steve Aitken

VIDEO Plant a Fall Asian Garden
by Patti Moreno

VIDEO Planting Garden Roses in Containers
Choose rose varieties that are naturally compact by Andrew Schulman

VIDEO Planting Garlic
Garlic plants require decent soil, adequate moisture, and planting and harvesting at the right time by Farmer Joe Smith