Gardening Tips & Information
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Is Your Snake Plant Turning Yellow? These 5 Easy Remedies Will Rescue Your Snake Before It’s Too LateIs your snake plant flashing squishy, yellowing leaves? Before you panic, use these simple troubleshooting fixes to revive and restore your plant pal to its full statuesque glory
By Janey Goulding
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The Simple Fall Trick that Makes a Christmas Cactus Flower for the HolidaysChristmas cactus blooms are a delightful part of holiday decor, and there’s an easy way to persuade your plant to flower on time.
By Emma Kendell
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Stop Growing These 6 Vegetables in the Ground – They Grow Better in Containers for Longer, Tastier HarvestsWhile container vegetables might often feel like the supporting act for a dedicated vegetable patch, these veg superstars thrive in pots, extend your harvest window, and give peak flavors through fall
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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This Compact Japanese Maple Tree Just Went on Sale and it's a Year-Round Beauty in Every BackyardPlus great gardening deals on a potting bench, planters, tumbling composter, garden soil and more.
By Emma Kendell
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Forget Mums! These 5 Low Maintenance Container Combos Bring Fresh Curbside Color that Lasts Through FallWhy go for the predictable potted options? If you want easy fall wins for pots, these gorgeous drought-tolerant combinations will dazzle all season long. Move over, mums!
By Teo Spengler
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Transform Your Soil with These 6 Surprising Foodie Scraps – Gourmet Goodness to Boost Next Year’s BedsYou may have heard how coffee grounds and eggshells can boost your soil. But adding these unexpected gourmet food scraps in fall are sure to enrich garden beds for spring plantings
By Tyler Schuster
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Does Gravel in the Base of Pots Really Help Drainage? Get to the Bottom of a Divisive Growing TopicDropping gravel into the bottom of pots to help with drainage is one of container gardening’s most hotly debated rules. In our next Garden Mythbusters, we peel back the layers of intrigue behind the myth
By Tyler Schuster
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This Superseed is a Lifeline for Migrating Birds – Here’s How to Make Sure That Your Backyard is Well StockedPacked with energy and easy-cracking shells, black oil sunflower seeds are the ultimate superfood for birds this fall. Here’s how this superseed can attract migratory and resident birds
By Tyler Schuster
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3 Easy Cuttings You Can Root in Water This September (Including the One Everyone Thinks is Impossible)Looking for easy ways to multiply your plants? September is prime time for water propagation, which means you can get this trio of classic backyard favorites off to the races for the price of a glass of water
By Janey Goulding
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Garden Mythbusters: Does the Pointy End of a Bulb Really Need to Face Up When You Plant It?The "pointy end up" rule has dominated fall bulb planting for generations, but what really happens when it goes in differently? If you don’t know which way is best, this will put you right…
By Tyler Schuster
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Deal of the Week: Walmart Just Slashed the Price of This Bestselling Potting MixPlus great gardening deals on a lemon tree, lawn aerator, raised beds and more…
By Emma Kendell
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Bye Bye, Boxwood – These 6 Lollipop Evergreens Will Give You Year-Round Curb Appeal Even in Small SpacesBox is the standard choice for adding easy green shape to borders, but there are some cute new evergreen darlings on the block that can really make your curbside pop…
By Teo Spengler
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Why Vaseline is Your Houseplant’s Best Friend This Fall – 5 Easy Ways to Use Petroleum Jelly to Combat PestsHouseplants coming back inside after a summer outdoors? Here’s why a simple tub of Vaseline could be your best defense for keeping a host of common pests at bay this fall
By Tyler Schuster
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Do You Know the September Stagger? This Easy Late-Season Pruning Trick Will Transform Your Fall BordersThe famous Chelsea chop works wonders in early summer – but the September stagger is a brilliant way to selectively slice fall perennials and rejuvenate your late season blooms
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Every Garden Needs One Plant That Can Handle Drought – These 7 Still Look Good in Early Fall Dry SpellsHeat and dry spells can leave many garden borders looking weary and wilted, but these 7 drought-tolerant perennials deliver crisp, vibrant fall beauty that refuses to flop or fade
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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7 Houseplants You Should Bring Inside in September – Before the Cool Nights and Pests Catch Them OutSummering tropical houseplants outdoors will have triggered stunning growth, but this month can bring the risk of cold shock and leaf drop (or worse), so it’s time to transition these lush specimens indoors
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Plant These 6 Bulbs in September for Enchanting Flowers that Appear Like Magic Through FallMost fall planting feels like an investment in next spring, but if you plant these fast-acting bulbs, corms and tubers in early September, you’re in for a delightful showing of brilliant color in weeks
By Tyler Schuster

