18 Flowers to Deadhead in August for One More Big Burst of Blooms
By August, even a beautiful flower bed can look as though it has suddenly given up. Fresh petals have been replaced by brown buttons, dry stalks, and half-empty flower clusters. …
The Indoor Medicinal Herb Garden Anyone Can Grow
Most people think a useful herb garden requires raised beds, perfect soil, and a sunny backyard. It does not. Several familiar herbs can grow beside a kitchen window, on an …
15 Plants That Can Damage Fences, Siding, and Foundations
A plant does not need thorns or poisonous sap to become a costly problem. Some vines wedge beneath siding, wrap around gutters, or become heavy enough to pull down an …
The Tough Little Perennial That Keeps Blooming Through Summer Heat
Some flowers look fantastic for two weeks and then quietly disappear. Blanket flowers do the opposite. This sun-loving perennial keeps throwing out fiery red, orange, and yellow blooms through the …
Garden Centers Still Sell These Aggressive Plants
The plants most likely to cause trouble rarely look dangerous at the garden center. They come in tidy pots with glossy tags promising fast growth, easy care, colorful flowers, or …
15 Fast-Growing Groundcover Plants That Keep Weeds in Check
Weeds love bare soil. When sunlight reaches open ground, new seedlings can appear almost overnight. A spreading groundcover fights back by covering those gaps, shading the soil, and making it …
25 Plants to Take Cuttings From Before September Starts
August is the moment to make free plants from the ones that made your garden look good all summer. Take healthy, non-flowering pieces of new growth, use clean snips, and …
15 Weeds You Can Eat—And the Safety Rules That Matter Most
The word “weed” usually means a plant growing where we do not want it, not a plant that has no value. Some of the most common volunteers in lawns, gardens, …
How to Grow Coneflowers: 15 Care Tips for More Blooms
Grow stronger coneflowers with practical advice on sun, soil, watering, pruning, pests, division, and seed heads—plus a quick troubleshooting guide.
15 Native Missouri Plants That Attract Pollinators and Butterflies
Missouri gardens can be a little moody. One week the clay soil is baked hard as a brick. The next week, the low spot by the fence is holding water …