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If one of your primary garden goals this season is to support local wildlife, choosing the right plants for bees and butterflies is the perfect place to start. In this guide, we feature five proven pollinator garden designs that offer high-nectar food sources from late spring through early fall. These versatile landscape recipes can be scaled to fit any space, helping you master wildlife friendly gardening while creating a beautiful, high-performance backyard sanctuary.
A whole new gardening season is upon us! Cooler temperatures and abundant sunshine offer the perfect opportunity to refresh your autumn landscape with vibrant, fresh flowers and colorful fall foliage before the snow flies. Creating a stunning display doesn't have to be difficult; by incorporating the right cool season annuals and textures, you can transform your yard into a sanctuary of rich jewel tones. Discover these five essential fall garden plants that will extend your garden's beauty deep into the season.
Having the right hummingbird plants in your backyard is the most effective way to draw these acrobatic birds to your home. By growing these five nectar flowers, including varieties with the red tubular flowers they crave, you can create a sustainable pollinator garden and never have to fill a plastic hummingbird feeder again!
Each spring, a flood of new options fills garden centers, but few are truly groundbreaking new plants. If you are looking for innovative landscape plants that offer more than just color, these unique varieties are designed for reliability and high-impact style. Low-maintenance garden plants — from the heat-thriving Art & Sol® 'Bad Hair Day' Mangave to the exceptionally floriferous Mega Millions® Black-Eyed Susan — ensure a stunning, resilient yard with minimal effort.
Perennial gardens don’t have to be so time intensive if you choose to grow at least a few varieties that require little watering, fertilizer, staking, spraying or other maintenance. Let’s look at five of the best types of perennials to grow if you’re an on-the-go sort of gardener.
After being holed up indoors for much of the winter, there is nothing we want more than to get our hands into some dirt. While it’s tempting to jump in immediately, performing the right early spring gardening tasks now ensures a healthier landscape later. By following professional garden maintenance tips like finalizing your garden plans and performing a thorough spring garden cleanup, you can prepare your space for success. Whether you are surveying for winter damage or prepping your AquaPots®, these Proven Winners strategies will help you hit the ground running when the warmer weather finally arrives.
Mastering garden design doesn't have to be a source of stress when you utilize the simplicity of monoculture plantings to elevate your landscapes. Whether you are looking for expert articles to guide your first project or seeking the best Shade Garden Plants for a quiet corner, this foolproof method ensures success. By using Proven Winners plants, you can easily create low maintenance landscapes that showcase award winning flowers in a curated, professional look. Here are five tips to get you started with Proven Winners and your own eye-catching monoculture container garden.
Meet five brilliant shade garden plants—all members of the 2023 Class of National Plants of the Year™ by Proven Winners. If you’ve been looking for award winning flowers to spark your creativity, these Proven Winners plants are the perfect choice for your containers or low maintenance landscapes this season. Let’s meet them one by one.
Wondering what you could be doing in your warm-climate garden to help it thrive? Check here for seasonal tips, ideas, and inspiration from California master gardener Janey Santos, tailored for West Coast growing conditions.
Ever since I was young, I dreamed of becoming an agricultural researcher. Testing fresh varieties for Proven Winners really fuels that lifelong passion. It’s like a new garden adventure every season!
Last year, my garden was filled with inspiring new Proven Winners annuals, and I’m excited to share the standouts with you.
