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Find the Perfect Tomato
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Sweetly Scented Tulips
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Backyard Makeover Game
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Cool-Season Annuals
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How to Grow Raspberries
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Spectacular Spring Bloomers
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Design an Engaging Entryway
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Perfect Edges for Your Beds and Borders
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Garden Catalog Collector
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A Gardener's Checklist for Early Spring
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All About Starting Seeds
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Lilacs: Time for a Fresh Look
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Enchanting Japanese Maples
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Variegated Plants Create Drama
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Friendly Ways to Battle Garden Pests
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Soil Testing is Worth the Effort
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Video: Make a Straw-Bale Garden
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The Only Shrubs You Need to Grow
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Building a Compost Bin
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10 Perennials Easily Grown from Seed
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Make Your Own Hypertufa Container
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15 Deer-Resistant Plants
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
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How to Start a Vegetable Garden
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Celebrate Spring with Cool-Season Containers
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What Is The Proper Spacing When Planting Roses?
2 commentsWhat is the proper spacing when planting roses? And why can't we pack them in like other shrubs? Well, you can....
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Behold the giant milkweed!
4 commentsI ran into this plant (well, not literally...) at the University of Tennessee Research Center in Jackson a few years ago. I immediately thought it was a beefy asclepias. Close, but not quite! Its...
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Watering cans as garden ornaments
5 commentsHere are two charming ways to display collections of vintage watering cans. The first is from Sabrina and Freeland Tanner's garden in Napa, California. The second was taken in a garden in...
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I'm Beating Up On Lawns, Again
10 commentsIt started when I read Susan Harris' rippingly reasoned blog post at Garden Rant. Dandelion was the key word. Next thing I know, here I am blowing off steam about my pet peeve -- useless lawns.
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Can I top this?
5 commentsI'm starting to pull my containers out of the shed and place them around my patio, and I'm dreaming up new plant combos every day. It's almost time to plant them up, and like every spring, Im...
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Boots and begonias
1 commentA back-stoop vignette in a garden in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN PHOTO OF THE DAY blog! Every weekday we post a new photo of a great garden, a spectacular plant, a...
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Got Thrips On Your Roses? Get Aphids!
2 commentsThrips are a real nuisance for rose growers. In this post I write about what I just learned about aphids helping control them.
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Pansies at Filoli
6 commentsWhenever I think I'm bored with pansies, and won't buy any this year, I look at this photo and start looking for my wallet and car keys. This was taken a few years ago in the springtime at Filoli in...
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Succulents in North Carolina
4 commentsThe last time I visited North Carolina, I was consumed by succulents. Between Plant Delights Nursery and the JC Raulston Arboretum, I was in heaven! Here are some shots of my favorites. Welcome to...
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Red & white in the herb garden
A striking combo of corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas, annual) and ajowan (Carum copticum, annual). This photo was taken at Cornell Plantations in Ithaca, New York. Welcome to the Fine Gardening GARDEN...
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READER PHOTOS! Woolly thyme like tumbling water
14 commentsToday's photos are from Jan Meissner in Avon, Ohio. She says, "I love the way my woolly creeping thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus, USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9) flows into my dry creek bed like water...
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Dreamy garden ornaments you can BUY!
3 commentsI visited Bedrock Gardens, Jill Nooney's garden in Lee, New Hampshire, last year and fell in love with these gem stems. They're made from glass deck prisms, and look amazing in Jills...
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Before You Dig, Get "Fit To Garden"
2 commentsStacy Walters' website is filled with everything you need to garden strong, garden smart, and garden safely. There's no reason to stall the start of spring with a case of sore muscles.
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What Is A “Sucker” on a Rose Bush?
3 commentsYou hear the term "sucker" when it comes to roses. But what actually is it and are they bad for roses?
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One last wacky hosta
9 commentsLet's wrap up this week's hosta theme with one more from the Thyrums. This one is called 'Praying Hands', and for the life of me, I can't figure out why (any ideas?). But it's cool! Those twisty...
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A classic hosta complements a garden ornament
1 commentOut of all the hundreds and hundreds of hosta varieties in the world, only a few keep popping up over and over because they're timeless stunners. 'June' is one of those hostas. You can see why...
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An itty bitty, irresistible hosta
4 commentsThere's a whole world of tiny hostas out there that are just starting to get the attention they deserve. They all seem to have such cute names, like 'Bitsy Gold', 'Corkscrew', 'Popo', 'Tiny Tears...
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Another gorgeous hosta
4 commentsYesterday's hosta was tops for glamour, but today's, also in Eve and Per Thyrum's garden in Wilmington, Delaware, is incredibly satisfying, too. This one is neat, tidy, and oh-so-pretty in a...
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The most beautiful hosta in the world
15 commentsOK, so you might disagree, but I think this hosta (the one next to the azalea), in Eve and Per Thyrum's front yard in Wilmington, Delaware, is the most gorgeous hosta I've ever seen. It's called...
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Bring the indoors outside
3 commentsAre you busy planning your container designs for the season? Try bringing some traditional houseplants out into the light. This is a rubber plant (Ficus elastica cv.) I bought cheap at Home Depot a...
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