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Whether or not you have a green thumb, check out this list of essential gardening tips before getting started to make sure all your plants grow and thrive.

Use this summer cottage garden plan to fill your yard with flowers during the warmer months.

This spring-harvest vegetable garden plan contains 10 of your favorite cool-season crops.

Create a pollinator container garden that’s sure to attract tons of butterflies, hummingbirds, and more with these simple tips.

A numbered color map of the Better Homes & Gardens Test Garden® shows the 22 distinct areas in the half-acre space located in downtown Des Moines.

Make a statement with our favorite pink flowers in every hue from the palest blush to the brightest magenta.

Create a colorful nook with this corner of perennials garden plan, which includes a simple arrangement of easy-care, flowering plants.

These drought-tolerant perennials look good through dry spells. Use this guide to find tough perennial plants that bloom without much water.

You may be away, but that doesn’t mean your outdoor pots and hanging baskets have to be left high and dry: Follow these simple actions to keep planted plants watered while you’re on vacation or traveling.

With brilliant floral cups, beautiful evening primroses are so easy to grow that you’ll see them thriving along roadsides. See our plant guide for tips.

Grown for its stunning purplish-blue blossoms, bluebeard plants bloom later in the season, right when many others start winding down.

Whether you're searching for reblooming, long-blooming, or heirloom daylilies, these varieties never disappoint.

This deer-resistant garden plan is filled with pretty, low-maintenance perennials that the animals tend to avoid.

Featuring a mix of easy-care plants, this no-fuss shade garden plan is the perfect way to add color to a shaded spot in your yard.

For the perfect late-season bloomer, you can’t go wrong with chrysanthemums! Use these tips to help you plant, grow, and enjoy this favorite autumn flower.

Whether you want Halloween jack-o'-lanterns or a tasty homemade pie, these are the 7 tips for growing pumpkins in small spaces you need to know.

This guide to pruning plants will help you to take care of trees, shrubs, and flowers for the healthiest garden possible.

These outdoor plants are easy to grow and nurture into a beautiful, thriving landscape regardless of gardening experience and skill level.

A few containers of brilliantly colored mums always set an autumnal tone on your front porch. But you can also go big with a more elaborate display. Whether you want a simple yet sophisticated look or something more flamboyant, these photos of mum-filled spaces are sure to inspire you to use these favorite fall flowers to their full potential.

Mulch and water are your friends.