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Say Hello To Your Birth Month Biennial – And The Meaning Behind Each OneThese beautiful biennial flowers are worth sowing now for a spectacular display next year – and each one has a personality to match your birth month.
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I Grow This Pretty Flower For My Borders – But It's Also My Secret To Brighter Blond HairI hardly reach for purple shampoo anymore because it leaves my blond hair incredibly shiny (and it's so easy to make)...
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This Colorful Perennial Is Quietly Replacing Mums – It Blooms For Weeks Into Fall and Pollinators Love ItWant a garden that blooms in fall and offers plenty of colorful pollinator-friendly flowers? Skip the mums and plant this perennial instead...
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7 Best Fall-Flowering Clematis For Months of Abundant Blooms on Well-Behaved Vines – and One You Should Never PlantIf you don’t have one of these lovely late-season bloomers in your garden, you’re missing a trick. Plant one in August, pronto!
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6 Gorgeous Native Plants That Bloom in August for a Late Summer Pop of Color and Feast for PollinatorsAugust can be a month of bountiful blooms and bright pops of color with these native plant picks.
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What to do With Agapanthus in August – 3 Easy Care Tips for Longer-Lasting Blooms This Year and Healthier Plants Next YearHelp your agapanthus beat the heat this month and set it up for beautiful blooms next year.
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These 5 Tough Flowers Bounce Back Beautifully After Summer Heat StressEven drought-tolerant plants are starting to struggle in the continuing heatwave but these perennial beauties are still flourishing with abundant flowers.
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5 Things You're Doing That Make Rose Black Spot Worse Without Realizing ItMost rose growers meet black spot eventually, and the habits that invite it in are ordinary ones. Discover the common mistakes that leave roses vulnerable.
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Why Are My Rose Leaves Turning Yellow? Simple Solutions for Healthy BloomsYellowing foliage doesn't always mean your roses are dying. Let's cover the most likely causes, and how to fix them.
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Meet The Lavender Dupe With Triple The Bloom Time and No Woody Stems – It’s Set To Become A Garden ClassicI love lavender as much as the next person, but even I can admit that the bloom time leaves something to be desired...
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Can You Grow a Rose Bush From a Grocery Store Bouquet? This Trick Suggests You Can Do Exactly ThatYes, you read it right, that store-bought bouquet could become a long-lasting shrub. With a few quick snips, here's how you can turn something temporary into a long-lasting beauty
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Plant Matchmaker: Pair These Two Fiery Perennials for a Border That Glows Into FallThis striking perennial pairing works on every level, from the plants' shared growing needs to their glowing late-summer color and contrasting forms.
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What Roses Need in August – 5 Vital Tasks to Enjoy Many More Fragrant FlowersRoses are in full bloom now, but it’s essential to keep plants happy and healthy if they’re to keep flowering through summer heat.
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Do Any Plants Flower Year-Round? These 7 Prolific Bloomers Come Surprisingly CloseIf you're tired of flowers that disappear after a few weeks, these long-blooming favorites will keep your home and garden looking beautiful for months.
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The Only Flower Thriving on My Morning Walk Was This Cute Purple Perennial – Here's Why It Loves Hot SummersPretty enough to stop me in my tracks but tough enough to handle summer stress, this purple perennial proves you don't have to choose between beauty and resilience.
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Need a Quick Summer Gap Filler? This Native Perennial Brightens Your Yard with Months of Gorgeous BloomsIf there's one flowering perennial to quickly fill late summer beds and borders with an abundance of blooms, it's this superstar. Here's how to hit refresh with vibrant color that lasts until fall frosts
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The 7 Fast-Growing Flowers I’m Planting In August For Gorgeous Fall ColorI used to think the garden was winding down by late summer – but these blooms have well and truly proved me wrong.
