Growing Tips & Techniques

Buckeye trees, known for their iconic nuts and beautiful foliage, are a great addition to any landscape. Whether you're drawn to them for their ornamental value or historical significance, growing a buckeye tree from seed or sapling is rewarding. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about planting, caring for, and maintaining buckeye trees to thrive for years to come. Read more

Ever thought about growing plums? Plum trees are an excellent fruit tree for both novice and experienced gardeners. They are cold hardy, require little maintenance once established, and produce large quantities of delicious fruit. Read more

Ginger is grown for its aromatic, pungent, and spicy rhizomes, often known as ginger roots. Ginger is a tropical perennial herb farmed for its bamboo-like leaves and tasty rhizomes in hot climates. In all save the warmest climates, it is grown as a long-season annual. Read more

Wisteria Trees are a beautiful tree with unusual, purple blossoms that hang dramatically from scraggly branches. Wisteria Trees frequently grow extraordinarily thick stems that can be easily trained to grow into a desired shape. Wisteria trees are a stunning addition to any garden, whether grown as a vine or as a tree. Read more

The Cardinal Flower is common in North, South, and Central America. It is a natural plant that grows in damp environments such as streams, rivers, and marshes. This natural species bears crimson red blooms, but cultivars with white and pink flowers are also common. All cultivars are good landscaping plants for gardens with damp soil. Read more

Do you have a soft spot for buttercup flowers? Those bright yellow petals with their delicate and feathery foliage are sure to draw the eye in any garden. But beyond simply being a beautiful flower, did you know that there's much more to learn about these dainty blooms? Read more

Blueberries are more than a simple and delicious snack. They include a lot of minerals, antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins. Blueberries, fortunately, are simple to grow with minimal effort — if you have the correct soil conditions. Learn how to grow blueberries, care for, prune, and harvest your blueberry plants in our Blueberry Growing Guide. Read more

Balloon flowers are easy enough for beginner gardeners to nurture and delightful surprises that certified green thumbs will be able to admire often throughout the season. Get ready to be transfixed by all that balloon flowers have offer as we explore some of the basics about this plant; including its unique origin story, how it spreads and grows, and of course tips for growing them yourself! Read more

The ultimate early summer flower is provided by allium flowers. These deer and rat resistant flowers are simple to grow and will last for years in the garden with little care. Their distinctive shape and long-lasting blossoms set them apart in the garden. Allium are resistant to deer and rodents and may be cultivated in a variety of soil conditions. Learn how to cultivate allium flowers, which are related to chives and garlic and are used as a repellent for a variety of insects and wildlife that you may want to keep out of your garden. Read more

Transplanting seedlings might seem like the first big hurdle of the growing season, and making sure you give them a fighting chance is the key to a healthy yield. Fostering baby plants can be incredibly rewarding, especially because you are taking them from seed all the way to a mature plant. But that journey can have its difficulties. And learning how to transplant seedlings isn't always as straightforward as you may think. Read more