Ornamental Gardens
Ornamental gardens are, first and foremost, gardens that look good. What makes your garden look good is totally up to you, and luckily there are almost countless ornamental plants to grow.
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Ornamental Gardens
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How And When To Prune Azaleas, According To Experts
Knowing when to prune an azalea and how to do it keeps your azalea shrub healthy and promotes a manageable size. Baby this lovely plant a bit for beautiful annual blooms.
By Heather Rhoades
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Storing Dahlia Tubers For Next Year’s Garden
Beautiful dahlias are a favorite garden flower, and properly storing dahlia tubers in the winter will guarantee their brilliant summer blooms year after year.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Orchids After Blooming: Learn About Orchid Care After Blooms Drop
Knowing how to support orchids after blooming increases your chances of sustained ornamental displays. Here’s how to give the best orchid care after blooms die
By Tonya Barnett
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Campanula Care: How To Grow A Bellflower Plant
The lovely campanula flower, or bellflower, comes in different colors, shapes and sizes, and adds a bright, delicate element to a yard, garden or planter.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Overwinter Fuchsia For Beautiful Blooms Next Year
Fuchsia lovers: Fuchsia overwintering can be done in several ways. Learn how to overwinter this beautiful plant for lovely blooms year after year.
By Heather Rhoades
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Foxglove Care Guide: How To Grow Foxglove Flowers
The foxglove flower, while toxic, is a beautiful stately ornamental addition to any garden and an easy-growing self-seeding plant. Just don’t ingest it or grow it where children or pets might play.
By Becca Badgett
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Lobelia Care Guide: How To Grow Edging Lobelia
A lovely herb plant with bright blue to purple blossoms, the trailing lobelia flower is a perfect choice for filling in around garden beds, driveways and borders. It’s easy to grow and, depending on your zone, can be an annual or perennial.
By Nikki Tilley
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Buttercups For The Garden - Growing Info And Care of Ranunculus Buttercup Plants
Ranunculus buttercup plants produce cheery little multi-petaled flowers. Some people love them but they are invasive and many consider them weeds.
By Tonya Barnett
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How To Grow Caladiums Indoors: The Ultimate Care Guide
Growing a caladium indoors is a special treat for devoted houseplant parents. With its colorful shapely leaves and need for only indirect light, a caladium plant is a lovely indoor addition.
By Tonya Barnett
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Lilac Pruning Guide: How To Prune A Lilac Bush
Lilac pruning is rewarding because pruning lilac bushes means their fragrant flowers will thrive and flourish the next year. Learn how to prune lilacs to either maintain them or to tame them.
By Nikki Tilley
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Portulaca Flower: Tips For Portulaca Care
For a great groundcover, grow a beautiful portulaca plant for a delightful, multi-colored cascade of summer flowers that spring from this delicate trailing succulent.
By Stan V. Griep
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Lantana Care Guide: Planting & Caring For Lantana
The lantana bush can grow in some of the toughest conditions, with multi-colored blooms that are loved by gardeners and pollinators.
By Nikki Tilley
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How To Get Hydrangeas To Bloom
When your favorite hydrangea is not flowering, check out a list of what it requires and make some changes that will make it happy again.
By Caroline Bloomfield
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Lemon Cypress: Complete Plant Care And Growing Guide
The easy-growing Lemon Cypress tree offers a bright splash of color, a lovely fragrance and an interesting accent in any garden or yard.
By Teo Spengler
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Growing Geraniums In Containers For More Blooms In Small Spaces
No matter how small your yard or window space, there’s a place for a potted geranium. Make sure yours last for longer with this guide to growing geraniums in containers
By Janey Goulding
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Canna Lily: Complete Plant Care And Growing Guide
Proper watering, the right temperature and neutral soil helps a canna lily thrive. Learn all about good canna care.
By Nikki Tilley
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Tips For Watering Petunias Properly, According To Experts
Are you watering your petunias correctly? Let our flower expert show you how it's done.
By Tonya Barnett