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See our guide to trees, shrubs, perennials, and more to prune this month

7 plants to prune in July – and expert tips for how to trim properly for better, bigger blooms

Instead of waiting for seeds to germinate, try these Plants That Grow From Softwood Cuttings and fill your garden faster!. It’s often challenging to get some seeds even to sprout, if not quickly. But with our list of plants that grow from softwood cuttings, you’ll have clones packing up your garden in no time!

20 Best Plants that Grow From Softwood Cuttings

Classic beauties of the summertime garden, Hydrangea macrophylla boasts the big, colorful blooms and lush leaves we dream of in the warm season. Bigleaf hydrangeas are the signature bloom of seaside towns, cottage gardens, woodland respites—and everything in between. With so many gorgeous varieties available, there’s likely a fitting...

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Bigleaf Hydrangeas

Dealing with heavy clay soil can be a challenge for many gardeners. This dense, compact soil type retains water and drains poorly, making it difficult for some plants to thrive. However, certain plants are well-adapted to these conditions and can even flourish in heavy clay. As an enthusiastic gardener, I’ve discovered that choosing the right plants can transform a clay-heavy garden into a lush and vibrant landscape.

10 Plants That Grow Well In Heavy Clay Soil

Experts share top tips for growing weigela in pots, an ideal and impactful shrub for smaller spaces

Looking for long-flowering, low-maintenance container shrubs? Weigela are spectacular pot plants to grow this year

Because of hydrangea's beauty, they’re a pretty versatile and common flower to grow in a garden, but they’re also pretty sensitive—and their best qualities go to waste once they wilt. There are plenty of reasons a hydrangea might begin to wilt. One of the primary causes is...

Are Your Hydrangeas Drooping? This Gardening Pro Shares How to Fix It

Cute but a gardening hazard, these furry rodents can ruin your favorite plants in no time. So, here’s How to Keep Squirrels Out of Potted Plants!. Squirrels and chipmunks won’t just irritate you by knocking over plants and pots; these adorable mini monsters cause immense damage by digging up bulbs and burying nuts and seeds in pots. But we have just the right tricks to help you keep squirrels out of potted plants without harming them!

How to Keep Squirrels Out of Potted Plants

I don’t know about you, but I love a good tropical vacation. Having grown up in Zone 11, creating my own tropical paradise in the backyard was a cinch. Here in Zone 9, however, things are a little more complicated, and our winters aren’t all that cold. But it does freeze here, and many plants only last one season in the ground.

27 Tropical Plants That Thrive Indoors

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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All you need to do is seed once and enjoy the blooms for ages to come

6 Self-Seeding Plants You Should be Growing in Your Backyard for a (Mostly) Self-Sufficient Garden

Weed-suppressing plants will help to reduce the amount of time you spend digging up unwanted plant visitors

Best plants to stop weeds – 6 expert-approved evergreens and perennials to keep weeds out of your borders

The strawberries in your garden, the succulents in your kitchen, and even the turf on your lawn—they’re all susceptible to leaf spot. But what exactly is leaf spot, what causes it, and most importantly, how can you control its spread? Read on to see what our experts advise.

How to Treat Leaf Spot (Before It Spreads to Your Other Plants)

Creating a wildlife-friendly garden is one of the most rewarding ways to support local biodiversity and enjoy the beauty of nature up close. Perennial plants are particularly valuable in wildlife gardens because they come back year after year, providing consistent resources for various creatures. As an enthusiastic gardener, I’ve discovered that planting the right perennials can transform your garden into a haven for birds, bees, butterflies, and more.

Perennials That Are Great for Wildlife Gardens

Imagine: You're walking around your garden, enjoying all of your fine handiwork, when you spot some major bites on your favorite foliage or rows of your prized tulips missing. Something has been creating chaos in your yard, but what? Chances are, a deer is your number one suspect. (After all, deer love to eat certain plants, so your yard is basically an all-you-can-eat buffet!)

40 Deer-Resistant Plants to Keep Your Garden Gorgeous and Growing

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

Shade is often seen as a disadvantage because it limits the choice of plants you can grow but hydrangeas are very much the exception to the rule

Which Hydrangeas Grow Best in Shade? 6 Varieties That Thrive in Yards With Less Sunlight

The pink, blue, and purple hydrangeas are beautiful garden additions, and, experts say, they're surprisingly simple to maintain

Martha Stewart's hydrangeas are 'one of the easiest plants to grow' – but they're even easier to care for

If you’re like me, you have a shady corner of the yard featuring hostas. They’re low maintenance, elevate a simple entryway or patio area, and have many fun color and style variations. If you’ve ever noticed their foliage suddenly resembling Swiss cheese, it’s a sure sign that slugs have been there. They’ll leave irregular holes in the leaves or chew off entire leaves at the stem. It’s not a great look!

9 Ways to Keep Slugs off Your Hostas

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Caitlin Tan wanted to breed her childhood horse, JP, because she’s been “amazing” — the type of animal any equestrian would be lucky to have once in a lifetime. Having access to coveted bloodlines increased the allure. Via the Miller Ranch, she could pair her 18-year-old mare with a stud descendent of Playboy’s Buck Fever.

Cream of the crop: a cremello foal is born in Wyoming

Regularly need a pail of water to hydrate? These Plants That Prefer Dry Soil go against the norm. Let’s explore!. Not all plants need fertile, moist, rich soil to grow in. There’s a whole world of flora that has adapted and thrives in dry, arid climes with sandy, rocky, gritty soils that barely hold any water. Perfect for xeriscapes and busy gardeners alike, check out these plants that prefer dry soil!

20 Plants That Prefer Dry Soil

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Tips for Growing Cast-Iron Plants (Aspidistra) Outdoors

Aspidistra elatior is such a popular houseplant that songs have been written about it, and in Victorian times anyone who was anyone had at least one...

Tips for Growing Cast-Iron Plants (Aspidistra) Outdoors

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