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Flowers are not only beautiful, but help pollinators and beneficial bugs in the garden. Learn how to grow them with our guides.

chamomile types. Chamomile is characterized by feathery, fern-like leaves and small, daisy-like flowers with white petals and yellow centers.

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5 Types of Chamomile for Your Garden

You probably know chamomile for its cute yellow and white flowers or its use as a relaxing herb. But did you know there are multiple chamomile species and varieties? Join farmer Briana Yablonski to learn five types of chamomile you can plant in your garden.

A close-up reveals hybrid perpetual roses boasting deep pink hues, their delicate petals unfurling gracefully. In the background, a soft blur highlights the verdant, lush green leaves, providing a verdant backdrop to the vibrant blooms.

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What are Hybrid Perpetual, Bourbon, and Portland Roses?

Portland, Bourbon, and hybrid perpetual roses grace the landscape with old garden rose charm and history. As precursors to modern roses, these heirloom beauties bring prolific flowering, high fragrance, and vigor to the rose garden. Explore these special antique rose hybrids, deserving of a spot in today’s garden, with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

flowers raised beds. Colorful flowers in a rustic raised bed. The bed is filled with vibrant purple-red Crested Cock's-combs, pink and yellow Primroses, orange and yellow Common zinnias and yellow Wedelias.

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7 Tips for Growing Bountiful Flowers in Raised Beds

Raised beds are a low-maintenance and convenient way to add some intentionality to the flower garden. Getting started can seem like a complicated task, but it doesn't have to be. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss has some tips to make sure your raised bed flower garden gets off to a healthy start and adds beauty to your home for years to come.

Close-up of a Plumeria alba plant with tropical white flowers. The plant produces clusters of waxy, white flowers with yellow centers. The flowers are adorned with five delicate, overlapping petals, contrast beautifully against the glossy, dark green foliage.

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9 Tropical Plants With White Flowers

Neutral white flowers create a refined and elegant statement on their own or can serve as a complementary canvas for colorful flowers and interesting foliage. Here, garden expert Christina Conner shares her 9 favorite white-flowered tropical plants for indoor jungles or outdoor gardens.

native beautiful flowers. Close-up of a flowering columbine plant (Aquilegia) on a blurred green background. The plant has slender, erect stems rising from basal clumps of delicate, fern-like leaves. Slender stems bear clusters of unique spurred flowers, each featuring five distinctive red petals. The intricate blooms, resembling elaborate bonnets or lanterns, hang from the stems.

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19 Native Plants With Beautiful Flowers

Native plants shower landscapes each year with their gorgeous, seasonal blooms. No matter what zone you live in, there are flowering natives nearby. Native plant enthusiast Jerad Bryant takes you across the country to discover 19 of the prettiest flowering plants native to the United States.

Vivid red cardinal flowers stand tall against lush green foliage, their petals unfurling gracefully in the gentle breeze. A warm cascade of sunlight illuminates the intricate petals, enhancing their crimson hue.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Cardinal Flower

Are you looking for an easy-to-grow plant for a moist plot in your garden? A cardinal flower will certainly brighten up your landscape with its vibrant, scarlet-red flowers. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will discuss the proper care and maintenance of these spectacular plants.

water roses. Close-up of a female gardener in a striped white shirt and beige apron watering bushes of blooming roses from a blue watering can in a sunny garden. The rose bushes bloom with delicate pastel lilac and rich red flowers with double petals in the shape of a classic rose.

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How Much Water Do Roses Need?

It’s rose-growing season! As we move further into spring and closer to the heat of summer, it’s helpful to look at our roses and their water needs to ensure that we water efficiently and for the healthiest plants. So, how much water do roses need? Here, gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores the basics of rose watering and the variables to consider in your garden.

Orange calendula flowers blossom, their delicate petals unfurling under the sunlight. Tall, sturdy green stems stand proudly, providing a strong foundation for the flourishing blooms to showcase their radiant beauty to the world.

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21 Beautiful Calendula Varieties

Are you thinking of adding calendula to your garden? Maybe you’ve researched this beautiful flower and discovered that it does double duty as a pollinator attractant and edible medicinal herb. Most commonly, yellow and orange varieties are available, but there are many, many more! Gardening expert Kelli Klein lists 21 beautiful calendula varieties for your garden.

Vibrant flowers bloom in a compact raised bed, their petals bursting with colors, complemented by lush green foliage. Surrounding this floral oasis, other raised beds thrive with verdant plants, creating a lively and harmonious garden scene.

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9 Tips For Growing a Cutting Garden in Raised Beds

Whether small or large scale, cutting gardens delight the grower with bundles of color, fragrance, form, and texture for floral arranging throughout the growing season. Growing cut flower gardens in raised beds sets the stage for flourishing, productive plants. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe for tips on producing a bounty of blooms in raised beds.

Close-up of a flowering Pelargonium x fragrans ‘Nutmeg’ plant, one of the popular species of scented leaved geraniums. It is a charming cultivar distinguished by its compact growth habit and fragrant foliage. Its leaves are deeply lobed and rich green, with a distinctive nutmeg scent. Delicate clusters of small, white flowers adorn the plant.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Scented-Leaved Geraniums

Scented-leaved geraniums are dynamic plants to delight the senses. Fill the garden or home with aromatic foliage in citrus, rose, mint, and fruit fragrances - just to name a few. Bold leaves in varying shapes, colors, and textures add interest to the planting display and floral arrangement. Explore how to plant, grow, and care for scented-leaved geraniums with horticulturist Katherine Rowe.

Close-up of Madame Ernest Calvat Roses blooming in a garden against a blurred green background. These hybrid tea roses produce large, double blooms with a high-centered form. The petals are a rich, velvety crimson hue, providing a striking contrast against the dark green foliage.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for ‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ Roses

‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ roses enchant the garden with old-fashioned pink blooms and a delicious old rose fragrance. A short climbing rose or graceful shrub, ‘Madame Ernest Calvat’ boasts the hardiness, disease resistance, and vigor of its Bourbon rose parentage. Explore the true beauty of this rose with garden expert Katherine Rowe.

Close-up of flowering Camassia plants in a sunny garden. A small bumblebee sits on one of the flowers. The Camassia plant boasts slender, grass-like leaves that form dense tufts at the base, contrasting with its striking spike of star-shaped flowers. The flowers come in a soft purple color and emerge from tall stems. Each bloom features six petals arranged in a star-like pattern.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Camassia

If you’re looking for a spring-flowering bulb to add to your garden, consider the native camas flower! These low-maintenance spring bloomers send up tall flower stalks that fill your landscape with beautiful color. Join gardener Briana Yablonski to learn how to plant and care for these unique bulbs.