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Add everlasting color to your landscape with shrubs that retain their foliage all year long
As one of the most beloved garden plants, hostas deserve a place in any landscape. Pair this easy-care perennial with other shade lovers for a dazzling display of an ideal hosta garden companions.
If you are anything like me, the dream is to have a gorgeous garden regardless of the time of year, a true garden for year-round color. Having a garden that is always colorful will take time, persistence, patience, and planning. Just like any other garden, a garden that is always in color will need updating and care as time goes on to support garden color all seasons. Here are twelve items to consider when planning an ever-colorful, year-round garden color.
Understanding and employing the basics elements of garden design will transform your garden from a collection of plants into one beautifully crafted, cohesive space. We’ll review ten principles that are critical to successful landscape design, and you’ll learn what key terms like texture, contrast and viewpoint mean as they relate to garden elements.
Wondering what to pair with your spring flowering bulbs that will make a spectacular show, or which perennials will hide the bulb foliage as they go dormant? You’ll find ten answers here!
Spring flowers are a great way to ring in the new growing season and are among the best flowers for spring gardens. Here are some cheerful spring garden flowers and flowers that bloom in spring for adding color to your spring garden, including many early spring blooming flowers that brighten the landscape after winter.
Have you ever wondered how the perennials blooming in your garden came to be? The world of plant hybridizing is fascinating and complex, and we’re ready to give you some insight into the process. Enjoy this interview with the lead hybridizer of many Proven Winners perennials, Hans Hansen.
It’s easy to pick out pretty plants at the garden center, but how do you know which plants will go well together in the garden or in your patio pots? We’re sharing 20 beautiful ideas with you here, complete with details like how much sun and water they’ll need to thrive.
Use these tried-and-true fall flowers to brighten up your landscape with a final burst of color before the season winds down.
Evergreen hedges are wonderful, but in spots where winter screening isn’t vital and you’d like to have a pop of color, consider growing a hedge of flowering shrubs instead, among the best shrubs for flowering hedges. Find 10 ideas in this inspirational article featuring flowering hedge plants.
