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Catmint / Catnip, Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' - II

I'm a Garden Writer, and These 11 Hard-to-Kill Plants Have Survived Everything in My Garden

Tough and beautiful—these easy-care annuals, perennials, and shrubs earn my highest recommendation.

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Barbeque cast iron grill and table ready for eating on terrace at home.

11 Plants to Make Your Garden Feel More Cool

gaggleville porch goose

Forget Sales, I'm Buying This Porch Goose Today

By Jessica Dukes

red white and blue flowers proven winners

Plant a Red, White, and Blue Container

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Exterior of a small white pool house with a patio.

A Chic Upstate New York Pool House

By Jennifer Kopf

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Outdoor Decorating

Patio with wicker seating area next to a house with a garden

It’s Time to Remove These 5 Things From Your Backyard, Designers Say

Sometimes the best patio makeover starts with what you take away.

By Kelsey Mulvey

Get Your Hands in the Dirt This Spring!

Monarch butterfly feeding on a pink swamp milkweed flower

The Best Flowers for a Butterfly Garden

By Charlyne Mattox

beautiful summer flowering pink climbing roses on a wooden garden arch in an English cottage garden

Country Living Garden Club: English Garden Ideas

By Charlyne Mattox

bright peonies in flowerbed

What to Do with Peonies After Flowering

peony sarah bernhardt blooming in the garden. close up.

How to Deadhead Peonies: Avoid This Mistake

By Lauran Elsden, Terri Robertson

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Bird-Watching

Small Birds Landing at a Birdbath, Close-up Nature Photography

Help Birds Survive Summer Heatwaves with This One Simple Garden Addition

Hot weather takes its toll on all creatures—Here’s what you can do to offer support.

do hummingbirds remember feeders

Do Hummingbirds Remember Where Feeders Are?

By Arricca Elin SanSone

hummingbirds at the fulcher residence on south lee phillips...

When to Remove Hummingbird Feeders for Vacation

By Christopher Michel

Grey Squirrel. Sciurus carolinensis. Sitting on grass.

How to Keep Squirrels Out of Your Bird Feeder

By Charlyne Mattox

bird nest with four speckled pale blue eggs and one brown speckled cowbird egg

Find a Cowbird Egg in a Nest? Here’s What to Do

By Jill Gleeson

Lawn Care

Hands Holding Freshly Cut Grass Clippings in a Natural Outdoor Setting

3 Smart Uses for Grass Clippings

By Charlyne Mattox

Young man mowing the grass

How Often to Mow Your Lawn in Summer

By Charlyne Mattox

Bare feet of woman walking on green clover lawn

Weeds That Might Actually Help Your Lawn

By Lisa Cericola

Cleaning underneath lawn mower blades on a sunny day

Why Your Mower May Be Hurting Your Grass

By Charlyne Mattox

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Houseplants

Different green house plants on window in sunny summer day. Banner. Selective focus.

I Used to Put My Houseplants Outside in Summer—Here’s Why I Stopped

Thinking about giving your houseplants a summer vacation? Here are 4 reasons I keep mine indoors instead.

By Arricca Elin SanSone

houseplants near the window still at home in white pots

How to Repot a Plant the Right Way

By Charlyne Mattox, Arricca Elin SanSone

plants growing from cuttings in jars of water in a window

10 Easy Plants You Can Grow for Free From Cuttings

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Ripe California Meyer lemons ready for harvest

3 Meyer Lemon Tree Questions, Answered

By Terri Robertson

ric rac cactus

The Best Indoor Cactus Isn’t Spiky at All

By Arricca Elin SanSone

do houseplants go dormant in winter

Winter Houseplant Care Guide

By Arricca Elin SanSone

blooming phalaenopsis orchids. white, purple, pink flowers blossom on window sill. close up of house plants

How to Keep an Orchid Alive (1-Minute Masterclass)

nostalgic houseplants

10 Houseplants Grandma Grew That We Still Love

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Zamioculcas zamiifolia plant in white flower pot on the wooden table against the white brick wall. Home decor of modern apartment

This Is the Easiest Houseplant for ANYONE to Grow

By Arricca Elin SanSone

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Tips and Tricks

Garden with raised beds and windmill under a blue sky.

Country Living Garden Club: Vegetable Garden Tips

By Charlyne Mattox

Gardener using a scissor to shearing and trim a leaf of Ficus annulata.

How to Prune Shrubs for a Fuller Look

By Lisa Cericola

why dahlias don't bloom well

Why Your Dahlias Aren't Blooming

By Arricca Elin SanSone

best hanging basket flowers for heat

7 Best Hanging Basket Plants for Summer Heat

By Arricca Elin SanSone

summer gardening guide

The 8 Summer Gardening Tasks Experts Never Skip

By Arricca Elin SanSone

stock photo of ornamental japanese style garden with outdoor lounge area. featuring whitewashed, grooved timber decking patio, japanese bonsai maples and hardwood, cushion covered seating around outdoor plastic rug.

4 Plants to Make Your Garden Feel More Private

By Lizzie Thomson

pink roses in the sunshine

What to Do with Roses After Flowering

Person with suitcase standing in garden with greenhouse and raised beds.

Keep Your Garden Thriving While on Vacation

By Charlyne Mattox

Campground victorian cottage

10 Hanging Basket Flowers to Perk Up Your Porch

By Lisa Cericola

Beautiful in spring fields and the plant of cosmos flowers at Boonrawd farm on a sunny day, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

10 Flowers to Plant in June

By Lisa Cericola

row of trees

13 Best Fast-Growing Trees for Privacy

Charlyne Mattox, Arricca Elin SanSone

Blazing star (Liatris) flowers - II

The Best Plants for Scorching Summers

By Charlyne Mattox

Garden Tools

Hands using a Niwaki hori hori for weeding in a natural setting.

The Only Garden Tool I Use Every Day

By Arricca Elin SanSone

mini greenhouses on amazon 2026

12 Mini Greenhouses From Amazon—for as Low as $20

By Jessica Dukes

best frost blankets

Here Are the Best Plant Blankets to Protect Plants

By Arricca Elin SanSone

a coriander plant covered in a plastic cloche

Use this Garden Tool So You Can Start Planting Now

By Charlyne Mattox

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For Moon Gazers

moon in full moon phase rising above the trees in night sky

The Phases of the Moon: A Moon Gazer's Guide to the Lunar Cycle

Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

By Terri Robertson

In Case You Missed It…

major oak, sherwood forest, nottinghamshire

Legendary Robin Hood Tree Has Died

Lush garden with colorful flowers, birdhouse, and feeder amidst trees

Start a Meadow Garden

Blue Chair field flowers

8 Beneficial Bugs Every Garden Needs

best annual flowers zinnias

The 8 Best Flowers to Plant in a Cutting Garden

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Fight Aphids with These 2 Herbs

Charlyne Mattox pulls a garden cart while shopping for plants at Petals From the Past in Jemison, Alabama

Country Living Garden Club: Container Gardens

Two arms cutting flower with pruning shears

8 Plants to Prune in June for Better Blooms

Poison hemlock plant identification by Pam Bennett

How to Spot Poison Hemlock

Beautiful summer garden flower border with Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia yellow coneflowers

The 70/30 Rule for Beautiful Gardens, Explained

pink and purple columbine flowers in a natural setting

These Self-Seeding Flowers Plant Themselves!

summery setting with hammock and hydrangeas flowers, porch

How to Make Hydrangeas Turn Blue or Pink

how to grow buttonbush

This Native Shrub Has the Cutest Name