Flowers

Flowers are not only beautiful, but help pollinators and beneficial bugs in the garden. Learn how to grow them with our guides.

The jack-in-the-pulpit features a unique flower with a striped, hooded spathe enveloping a slender spadix, accompanied by three-parted, glossy green leaves.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Are you looking for a unique and highly ornamental native wildflower for your shade garden? Jack in the pulpit is unusual, showy, and surprisingly easy to grow, given the right conditions. Does your shade garden have what it takes to grow a Jack-in the-pulpit? Keep reading to find out!

beautiful foliage roses. Close-up of blooming roses 'Father Hugo' which feature gracefully arching stems with finely divided, fern-like leaves and is adorned with abundant, small, pale yellow, single-petaled flowers.

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15 Roses With Beautiful Foliage

As we plant roses this season, let’s look beyond the blooms (just a little) to the complement of unique leaves. Colorful new growth, delicate leaf shape, and outstanding fall color bring added beauty to the rose garden. Join garden professional Katherine Rowe in exploring roses with beautiful foliage for multi-season interest.

June flowers. Helenium plants exhibit robust stems and elongated leaves, providing a verdant backdrop to their striking, daisy-like flowers characterized by prominent cone-shaped centers and bright red petals shining under full sun in the garden.

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21 Flowers to Plant in June

With summer on the horizon, the warming temperatures and lengthening days make June the perfect month to plant warm-season flowers. In this article, garden expert Katherine Rowe explores favorite heat-loving annuals and perennials to plant in June.

Vibrant orange cosmos bloom, slender stems swaying gracefully in the breeze, offering a striking contrast against the verdant backdrop of lush foliage in the garden.

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Why Aren’t My Cosmos Blooming?

Cosmos flowers are easy-to-grow, bright, and cheerful annual flowers, but they need a few requirements to keep blooming all season long. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich for issues that might be causing your cosmos to fail and how to avoid them this season.

Close-up of great maiden's blush roses displaying soft, creamy-pink petals in densely layered blooms, set against a backdrop of glossy, dark green, oval-shaped leaves.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Great Maiden’s Blush Roses

‘Great Maiden’s Blush’ roses are charming old garden roses with a history dating back to the 15th century. Clusters of blush pink rosettes carry exceptional fragrance, and blue-gray leaves complement the rose’s attractive form. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the many merits of these beautiful roses for any garden collection.

A close-up reveals butterfly bush branches adorned with purple flower clusters, accompanied by vibrant green leaves, set against a backdrop of lush, blurred grasses, highlighting the plant's natural beauty and delicate features.

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7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Plant Butterfly Bush

The beauty of buddleia is alluring for gardeners who love flowers and butterflies, but this invasive bush may actually have a negative impact on your garden and the surrounding ecology. Garden expert Logan Hailey explains why.

A bleeding heart vine displays luscious green leaves and vivid white and red flowers, basking in the warm sunlight, creating a picturesque scene of natural beauty.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding heart vines are a wonderful tropical plant that produces unique white and red flowers. This tender perennial can be grown outdoors in warm climates or grown in containers and brought indoors in cooler climates. It looks stunning on a trellis as well as hanging baskets. Gardening expert Kelli Klein explains how to care for this vine both indoors and out.

Vibrant snapdragons in shades of pink, yellow, and white, soaking up the sunlight with their delicate petals and vivid colors, creating a picturesque scene in the garden.

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21 Deer-Resistant Annuals for Your Flower Garden

Many of us welcome local wildlife into our rich garden ecosystems. Deer, however, can devour annual plantings in a single sweep. Protect your colorful display, labor, and investment by selecting plants with qualities that deer find distasteful. While no plant is deer-proof, gardening expert Katherine Rowe reviews top-performing annuals with deer-resistant characteristics for an all-season show.