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So majestic is their beauty that some gardeners may long to enjoy these flowers indoors. And you can do that! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. How awesome is that? Tricking a flower to emerge earlier than usual, and inside the house? That’s botanical wizardry, right there. Plus, crocuses are a cinch to care for indoors when you know how… and that’s where this guide comes in....

Also known as Chinese cabbage, this plant is perfect for growing when many other leafy veggies have already given up the ghost. I’ve harvested it in January, May, and October, which means you can grow it during pretty much any time of year besides the heat of summer. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

If wood anemones are not found in a forest near you – or even if they are – you may want to bring their delicate grace to your home landscape, especially in the shadier areas of your garden. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. What Is Wood Anemone? “If primroses are the harbingers of spring, then wood anemones are its confirmation,” writes gardening author Carol Klein....

I admit an utter fascination with state and county fairs where farmers show off their freakish and massive pumpkins. Something about the dedication it takes to grow one of those misshapen monstrosities inspires me to give it a shot on my own. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Here’s what ahead in this article: Let’s get to it!...

This disease, caused by the bacteria Rhizobium rhizogenes (old name Agrobacterium tumefaciens), is likely to be fatal to your tree over time. Since crown gall can infect hundreds of kinds of plants, a number of fruit trees can contract this infection. They include apple, crabapple, peach, nectarine, plum, apricot, cherry, and pear. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

Rose mosaic sucks. It does cause some interesting patterns in the leaves and flower petals of Rosa species, but it also causes these plants to fail to bloom, and can even contribute to their demise. Oh, and there is no cure. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Don’t panic. You aren’t completely at the mercy of this widespread viral disease....

Perhaps you love this veggie so much you’ve added it to your garden. But, oh no! You’re seeing that some of the leaves of your kale plants (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) are wilting! We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Timing Is Everything First and foremost, it’s important to recognize that kale is a cool-weather crop, and its planting should be timed accordingly....

Since it can be an expensive ingredient in comparison to other vegetables like cabbage, it tends to be a special treat in my household. So I was excited to learn that you can easily regrow it from a stalk. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Bok choy, also known as pak choi, is a quick-growing cruciferous veggie that is a staple ingredient in Chinese cuisine....

We must meticulously plan our gardens because our growing seasons are so short. We often spend much of the late winter and early spring months nurturing seeds and seedlings indoors. Our homes begin to smell like potting mix and fertilizer, and the eerie purple glow of grow lights shines out from our windows, creating a Halloween vibe in the wrong season. But what if we could make the whole process easier?...

Beyond adding evergreen ornamental interest to indoor and outdoor spaces with their glossy, deep green foliage, the leaves can bring an aromatic flavor to your cooking as well. Even if you don’t like the taste of bay leaves, the camphor-like scent when you brush past this plant is something to behold. If you are growing bay laurel, there may come a time when your tree is no longer thriving in its current location....

But did you know that all of them can make your cat or dog sick if he or she ingests any part of the leaves, stems, bark, or roots? Fortunately, dracaena is not a highly toxic houseplant, and your pet’s odds of recovery after mild poisoning are very good. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

But even if you’re working with a tiny patio garden without a speck of naturally composted leaf litter in sight, if you’ve got a shady spot in Zones 3-11, the only question really is this: Which hosta to choose? We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. For those of you without mature shade trees on your property (I get it, less leaves to rake) there are even drought-tolerant types suited to sunnier spots....

Well, I haven’t, at least. It was a ‘Yellow Pear,’ purchased during one of the first years I lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Homegrown tomatoes were the province of our neighbor, Mr. Sherman, a history professor who had summers free to dedicate to amending our sandy soil, fertilizing, caging, watering, and pruning hybrid beefsteaks....

Choosing which type of cucumber plant to grow in your garden is one of those times when it’s hard to go wrong. Each category of Cucumis sativus, as these vegetables are known botanically, offers an abundance of rewards and benefits. From slicers to picklers, hybrids to heirlooms, vines to bush types, there will probably be at least one that will suit your growing needs. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

They come in an endless range of colors, shapes, and sizes, from ones with tiny blossoms that have just a few petals to massive blooms with over a hundred petals each. In other words, this is one eclectic collection of plants. And I’ll be honest: we haven’t figured out a really good way to categorize them all. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In fact, they’re so distinctive that you might not even realize they’re related. I’m excited to introduce you to some of the loveliest, most colorful, and most striking types of snake plants to include in your home! Get ready – we’ve got a lot to cover. Take a look at what’s in store:...

When spring arrives in my corner of Pennsylvania, I’m surrounded by woodpeckers, warblers, and finches – their hammering, singing, mating, and nesting is in full swing. One particularly warm afternoon, I was daydreaming in my back garden when I was scolded by a feisty house sparrow. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Birdbaths are available in a variety of shapes and sizes to suit any garden, no matter the size – from small rail-mounted options to large solar-powered fountains....

Their unique features are suited to chores like digging, planting, pruning, and weeding. Using them correctly can help save time, money, and energy, making gardening a pleasant experience. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. In this article, we present a baker’s dozen of essential garden tools, with descriptions of their functions, plus suggestions for where to purchase your favorites, and how to shop for quality products....

It’s the stuff memories are made of, and the faintest hint of scent can conjure up people, places, and times long since gone. It delights our senses, and tugs at our heartstrings. And what better place to find the scent of love than in a flower? It’s true that fragrant flowers don’t bloom for the same length of time that unscented ones do. But perhaps this is by design. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

Figure out which variety of pickling cucumber would be best to grow in your garden. That will lead to you doing the picking, and then the pickling, and that’s a really fun prospect. You won’t have to get your tongue in a twist, nor will you need to stress, with this handy list. It details the most desirable pickling cucumber plants to grow in your garden, including helpful tips for the ones that are best for growing in containers, trellising, disease resistance, and so forth....