Spruce Up Your Inbox!
Learn tips for creating your most beautiful (and bountiful) garden ever.
Gardening
Tend your garden like a pro with help from our expert writers and Master Gardeners. Learn how to do everyday tasks, pick out the best plants, and everything in between.
Explore Gardening
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/epimedium-growing-guide-5211581-hero-3f91f95a730248c98b674e8d2607539b.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Epimedium
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1324898642-e9f6c6fd63ec4795bbf60c06f37ad346.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Ceanothus (California Lilacs)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/popular-pitcher-plants-5115570-Hero-d07032642ea9421e9f01840f74320697.jpg)
Pitcher Plants: Carnivorous, Unusual, and Just Plain Fun
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/paeonia-lactiflora-5095782-hero-1eca9bdb561f4acdb5e64e2785024bd8.jpg)
Chinese Peony Care and Growing Guide
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-grow-and-care-for-showy-milkweed-5094148-hero-854a75fecce54bb0bf7d210abfb3f324.jpg)
Showy Milkweed Attractive to Butterflies and Humans Alike
Plants That Thrive in Full Shade
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-shade-plants-to-grow-on-a-north-facing-wall-4767396-hero-6812611035f24fa99464b59b665dfdb5-80a4fceed37d465d859c0c017c0bbf98.jpeg)
11 Best Plants to Grow Along a North-Facing Wall
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-can-live-in-wet-areas-4767394_Hero-90e226cfaaaf4faebbbde0a62e2882a8.jpg)
16 Best Plants for Wet Areas
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-plants-for-dry-shade-4767378-hero-b1ac3ee360194ba4bd9a5eaecd4420bf.jpg)
Best Plants to Grow in Shady Areas With Dry Soil
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/salt-tolerant-plants-for-beach-and-roadside-landscaping-4767375-hero-af12ef27d76342a2add13fb54a40d273.jpg)
Salt-Tolerant Plants Save the Day Along Seashores, Streets
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/-best-evergreen-flowering-plants-4580592-3-3dc364498299462c83c063e9b33fdd3d.jpg)
Best Evergreen Flowering Plants to Grow
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-topiary-plants-4175802-hero-b8cd218d34424af6aa47ab07903ba93b.jpg)
Try These Top Topiary Plants to Express Yourself Creatively
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-grow-in-clay-soil-4165330-02-1f1e65b00cb449a3a0d1b976c68376e7.jpg)
25 Plants That Grow in Clay Soil
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-grow-balloon-flowers-4125528-4-90d4ad081fd24025a336c0abef3a0bdb.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Balloon Flowers
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/poolside-plants-that-look-like-paradise-4063955-03-823e26586b8441399253c5453b12fc4a.jpg)
Poolside Plants That Look Like Paradise
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/identifying-and-controlling-dog-vomit-fungus-2539510-hero-240cdb0c828144fb8e4d0d761ec34df9.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Dog Vomit Slime Mold
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Artichoke-59085c0c3df78c9283e34d7f.jpg)
Try These 8 Plants for a Beautiful Edible Landscape
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/KaraRiley-15-37a85f97d6d54b1eab42c0f96c8ee240.jpg)
How to Grow the African Daisy
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/hthespruce.com-how-to-grow-four-oclocks-mirabilis-jalapa-1402907-3-9e83585b21f241ed9834c100ed651c6e.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Four O'Clock Plants
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/kararileyviolas-12-cc7d3f6089fc4a3dbcf0f33cc2a86158.jpg)
How to Grow Violas in a Home Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/KaraRiley-RECIRC-6f2e9a4813874b98ad3cfad17f2f5aa1.jpg)
How to Grow Petunias
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ornamental-cabbage-and-flowering-kale-1402853-8-c039e2f742f046299b7f74fcd989e197.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Ornamental Cabbage or Kale
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/joe-pye-weed-eupatorium-purpureum-1402848-02-e610c47f5a804f59b67d207161f5ca23.jpg)
How to Grow Joe Pye Weed
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/thespruce.com-which-hostas-can-grow-in-sun-1-47bf4bab90f04f63a07fe5dc15c76c42.jpg)
Learn Which Varieties of Hostas Can Grow in the Sun
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/blue-rug-juniper-plants-2132212-3-0a1b8b3ca32c4e0989b9cd7d34ffd0eb.jpg)
10 Plants That Fight Soil Erosion and Add Color
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/english-garden-plants-4174047-hero-145d148ebc084b9ba8c0c0c3b7b40730.jpg)
Favorite Plants for an English Cottage Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/kids-backyard-ideas-4174053-hero-92c70ed8474046809f37a4c0a8f676d4.jpg)
Discover 15 Smart Ideas for Landscaping Under and Around Trees
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-groundhogs-dont-eat-4164341-hero-0a4a2e54a8d348939bc344120593e040.jpg)
Grow Plants That Are Eye Candy, Not Groundhog Food
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/tough-garden-plants-4160885_hero1-8464160cbbf84b8d8c90144f9285e898.jpg)
12 Outdoor Plants You Can't Possibly Kill in Your Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-heuchera-varieties-4156451-hero-465ec69755064e3ea52a8896fc73ade6.jpg)
10 Eye-Catching Heuchera Plants for Sun and Shade
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-slugs-do-not-eat-4154668-hero-9262a621ea714ba9baccf67eac760794.jpg)
Slugs Hate These 10 Garden Plants
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/japanese-plant-varieties-4154375-01-55ee03201a53454180f151fb6ad8ab0d.jpg)
9 Japanese Plants for a Zen Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-repel-insects-4142012-hero-c578e9bbd7894e0c8b3f8f1f5ec4dfd8.jpg)
18 Plants That Protect Against Insect Damage
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/_thespruce.com-calibrachoa-great-container-plants-4125238-1-1977fd35f39d4ea0bb3b333948922e03.jpg)
How to Grow & Care for Calibrachoa (Million Bells®)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/top-plant-choices-for-first-garden-4070273-03-5ec5ad30f79b4192bdebd6c7b784fda2.jpg)
28 Top Plant Choices to Include in Your First Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/variegated-columbine-big-5a822395a18d9e0036e038e8.jpg)
Discover Plants With Amazing Multicolored Foliage
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-rabbits-eat-at-risk-3976755-hero-df6eb13ac7b048499369863f0bf72301.jpg)
Learn Which Plants to Avoid If Rabbits Are a Problem in Your Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-smelling-plants-for-your-garden-2736754-2-9ac671358eba4b28b690f1eb48661d8a.jpg)
The 10 Top Fragrant Plants for Your Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/water-wise-plants-drought-tolerant-gardens-2736715-04-66376510300741ab8c6acc23e2c6224e.jpg)
15 Best Plants for Drought-Tolerant Gardens
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages_173748302-56a75d813df78cf772951222.jpg)
10 Messy Plants You Don't Want Near the Pool
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ScentedEveFlowersGetty-5b04ad7eba61770036cd3cb4.jpg)
Discover 16 Plants That Smell Best at Night
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/companion-plants-for-garden-peas-2540054-20-fb40c6775e0d4fb3a852f5f764c55462.jpg)
The Best Companion Plants for Garden Peas (and Those to Avoid)
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/rock-garden-plants-2132908-hero-e0f8d4acad4b459f9af96a1c719a51a1.jpeg)
33 Best Plants for a Rock Garden
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-plants-for-small-ponds-2132907-hero-1e6a9cd90d6349b9a35ac0183c186523.jpg)
Try Growing These Plants for Your Small Backyard Pond
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/what-plants-will-grow-under-evergreen-trees-2132655-hero-9a16a59566334f04a92a3276fead502f.jpg)
Solutions to Planting Under Those Problematic Pine Trees
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/hosta-plants-for-color-2132584-hero-a0e553f7ccf04645add5806b55cbcd7b.jpg)
Hostas Are More Colorful Than You Think
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/-acid-loving-plants-2132427-1-2-efefd7d04bd64e95ac35b213d22ff685.jpg)
13 Plants to Grow in Low pH Soil
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/-easy-to-grow-outdoor-plants-2132285-2-4ff12990aded4020832c8d39fe8074a3.jpg)
20 Easy Plants to Grow Outdoors
Find Out Which Plants Grow in Alkaline Soil
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/why-is-the-stem-end-of-my-tomatoes-not-ripening-1403418-01-046917b21c18421fabc63c46e95b2916.jpg)
Why Won't My Tomatoes Ripen All the Way?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-grow-chamomile-1402627-recirc-e5f72b3b56d249278c4fb68298845c65.jpg)
How to Grow and Care for Chamomile
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/hummingbird-and-red-salvia-558931947-5b2f18ea43a1030036be6b7a.jpg)
10 Great Plants for Attracting Hummingbirds
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/how-to-get-free-plants-1388590-hero-68b6403a85cc4c9787385040caa85d67.jpg)
Where Can I Find Free Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers for a New Garden?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/best-plants-to-grow-from-cuttings-1388585-01-880e599d96544710805a2a4356dcde8e.jpg)
What Are the 19 Easiest Plants to Grow From Cuttings?
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-kids-can-grow-4174698-hero-5f8ad3bf79154db4a27bcd3e0e4a3726.jpg)
12 Best Plants for Kids to Grow
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Tomatoblight-GettyImages-108912185-5a34232a13f1290037d9e6e7.jpg)
Can You Eat Tomatoes and Potatoes Infected With Late Blight?
15 Southwestern Garden Plants
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-bloom-in-winter-5087086-hero-86f36f067b8742b2814c03f136d21e4e.jpg)
10 Plants That Bloom in Winter
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/drooping-coneflower-plant-profile-5080239-hero-f1b6fbb4cc4141dcbd49ece4f52965a1.jpg)
Drooping Coneflower (Pale Purple Coneflower) Plant Profile
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/plants-that-attract-butterflies-2132159-hero-8c6f2a8811fd4450acad5759671b3962.jpg)
Learn How to Make Your Yard a Butterfly Haven