Garden Basics Design
How to Use Yellow in Your Flower Garden
Understanding the Power of Yellow Flowers and Foliage Not everyone is a fan of yellow flowers. In fact, some people refuse to allow them in their g...
How to Use Black Flowers and Dark Foliage
Enhancing Your Garden with Dark Colors Black is an uncommon color in the plant world, and our eyes are naturally drawn to the unexpected and unusua...
How to Use Blue in Your Flower Garden
Discovering the Magic of Blue Flowers Gardeners find it hard to resist the allure of blue flowers. In the natural world, blue is an usual flower co...
Garden Design Considerations
Understanding the Elements of Garden Design The world's most beautiful gardens are an artful interplay of plants, hardscaping and the landscape its...
How to Use White in Your Flower Garden
White Flowers and How to Use Them Most Effectively Though white is not considered a color, in a garden it can be an exciting design tool. You can u...
How to Use Red in Your Flower Garden
Energize Your Garden With Red Flowers Red is the boldest and most provocative hue on the color wheel. It’s also the complementary color for green. ...
How to Design a Cutting Garden
Plan Ahead for a Bounty of Cut Flowers If you love making fresh flower arrangements, planting a cutting garden is the best way to ensure you always...
How to Use Pink in Your Flower Garden
Understanding Pink Flowers and Creative Ways to Use Them Gardeners often have a strong opinion about the color pink. In truth, it can be a challeng...
How to Use Purple in Your Flower Garden
Let Purple Flowers Inspire Your Creativity The color purple may not have a big role in your wardrobe or home décor, but in a garden, purple flowers...
Garden Color 101
Learning to Use Color in Your Garden There are few rules in gardening, and that's especially true when it comes to color – anything goes! In the ga...
How to Plan a Spring Bulb Garden
Set Your Sights on a Colorful Spring Fall is the time to plant spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, crocus and alliums. Before ordering...
How to Use Orange in Your Flower Garden
Energize Your Garden With Orange Flowers Orange is a color that’s not always easy to love — especially in a flower garden. It has a big personality...
How to Use Burgundy in Your Flower Garden
Enhance Your Garden With Burgundy Flowers and Foliage Burgundy is a great color to have in your garden design tool kit. From garnet to merlot, maro...
Design Tips for Shady Gardens
How to Make a Shady Garden Shine Garden designers use the same basic principles of design whether they're designing for sun or shade. But they also...
6 Tips for a More Colorful Flower Garden
Fill Your Garden With Color All Season Long Color and lots of it. That's what most of us want from our flower gardens. We are looking for wave afte...
Best Flowers for Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Summer Bulbs and Perennials That Attract Pollinators A beautiful flower garden can also be a haven for wildlife. Including plants with nectar-rich ...
How to Design a Fragrant Garden
Fragrant Flowers and When They Bloom Fragrant plants can add a whole new dimension of pleasure to your garden. Just a whiff of a flower’s sweet per...
Fragrant Flowers for Homegrown Bouquets
Cut Flowers That Smell as Good as They Look Picking and arranging flowers from your own garden is a simple pleasure with big rewards. Other flowers...
