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We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. These plants may have one of three growth habits: Dwarf BushyClimbingSemi-Trailing Our guide to growing nasturtiums has everything you need to know to cultivate plants. This article discusses how to recognize and manage common nasturtium pests. Here’s what we’ll cover: Let’s get started! When growing nasturtiums, it is likely that you will spot one or more of the following kinds of pests in the garden....

We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. However, unlike these desert counterparts, cactus longhorns cannot fly and do not feed on grasses or burrow into farmers’ crops. These beetles feed solely on cacti. In this article, we’ll discuss how to recognize and address cactus longhorn beetles in a desert landscape. Here’s the lineup: Let’s start with a description for easy recognition....

In this case, the nightmare is called southern blight or southern stem. An insidious fungus called Sclerotium rolfsii (also known as Athelia rolfsii) causes this disease. It can rapidly kill apple and crabapple trees, black walnut, and roses among many others. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Symptoms on Apple and Crabapple Trees Once you notice the infection on your apple or crabapple trees, it will be too late to save them....

In addition to having an iconic shape and providing bountiful shade from the sun, Acer leaves reveal beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow in autumn. A maple’s foliage is arguably its best feature. But the bark of a maple plays an ornamental supporting role to the leaves, taking center stage once the defoliated trees go dormant. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

These hybrids were once classified under the Geranium genus and despite their reclassification to Pelargonium in the 1700s, common vernacular never adopted the new nomenclature. Today, we still refer to this typically red iconic suburban window box flower as a geranium. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. This article is for the folks who are cultivating geraniums as annuals in locations where the ground freezes in winter....

They can falter in the wrong location, or even worse, become so robust that they destroy your plumbing – or even your neighbor’s. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Coming up, we’ll talk about how to keep your tree contained, happy, and healthy. Here’s what you can expect: Break out the spade, limber up, and get ready to dig in!...

This perennial herb or ornamental is adapted to USDA Hardiness Zones 4 to 9. It’s also grown as a leafy green in the vegetable garden, either as an annual or perennial. The seedlings can tolerate frost and part shade, and sorrel will bounce back to produce a second harvest in fall, even if it bolts in summer temperatures. Often it’s the first green to show as winter ebbs in the kitchen garden, and sorrel soup is an annual springtime rite....

I am therefore always on the lookout for easier ways to do things. So when I learned that I could start seeds in the fall to get a head start on the next season, I was all in! Pre-seeding is a simple method to get a jump-start on a bigger, better garden next season. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

Many houseplants are difficult, or even impossible, to grow from seed. But – provided you are willing to bring along a healthy dose of patience – this is not so with parlor palms. In fact, this type of propagation is the chief method of commercial cultivation as well. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission....

More than once, I’ve gone on vacation or gotten super busy and forgot to be the good plant parent I know I should be. But lovely pothos just forgives and forgets. That easy-going nature? It extends to propagation too. I suspect that’s why you can usually buy little transplants for a song. But you don’t even need to shell out a few bucks, because so long as you have a plant that you can steal a few cuttings from, you can make lots of new pothos babies....

Propagating stem cuttings in water happens to be one of the easiest methods. If you’re out trimming your shrubs in the morning, it’s pretty much as simple as tossing some of those ends into a cup of water and keeping the liquid fresh until roots form. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. That’s what we’re going to go over in this guide....

In our guide to growing asters, we discuss all you need to know to cultivate various species and cultivars in the home landscape. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. This article zeroes in on seven tips for pruning perennial asters that enable you to manage their stature, limit self-seeding, encourage blooming, promote airflow, and maintain vigor....

These common soil bacteria have been used as microbial insecticides for the last century. Farmers in Europe were the first to recognize their potential in 1920, and US farmers started using them in 1958. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered them as a pesticide in 1961. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. Why are these bacteria so widely used?...

If you happen to live in a mild climate with lots of rain, raising fuchsias will be relatively easy for you, since that’s the kind of environment these plants thrive in natively. That’s why they do so well in places like England and the Pacific Northwest. But if you live somewhere that’s significantly dry, hot, or otherwise less-than-perfect for these plants, you’re going to have to make an extra effort to give them what they need....

They’re so pretty that they would even be worth growing if they were super fussy. Luckily, they’re not! They are surprisingly low-maintenance, given their showy appearance. Still, they’ll appreciate a little extra care to keep them looking their best. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. To help you figure out how to care for your plants during the winter, we’ll go over the following: Winter will be here before you know it, so let’s dive right in!...

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 Integrated Pest Management? IPM is an ecosystem-focused style of management that allows you to manage your pests more sustainably, helping you to use less harmful pesticides whilst having the added bonus of helping you to get to know our gardens more intimately. Through the intelligent incorporation of biological controls, cultural practices, and habitat manipulation, this type of management allows you to understand your ecosystem as whole and the role your pests play within it, thus working to control pests in the long term....

The seasoned gardeners out there are probably nodding along with me right now, but for those first breaking ground on their backyard, garden plot, or allotment, this might come as news to you. Isn’t spending time outdoors meant to be a refreshing break from the nonstop noise of the world? It sure is! But, man, does it get hot out. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

We even recommend a unique half-canopy for decks, and a portable choice for shade-on-the-go. Read our full buying guide down below. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. They also come in a surprisingly useful range of sizes, shapes, and configurations – you’re not just limited to sticking a canopy on a pole in a hole in a table....

Cultivated from a native plant which has become an American tradition, this fun, easy to grow crop comes in a range of colors, shapes and sizes, and it makes a perfect addition to any garden. Packed full of vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber, this crop can be enjoyed in so many ways, whether eaten fresh, cooked, popped into popcorn, preserved, or even ground into flour. We link to vendors to help you find relevant products....

Unlike fences, shrubs take time to grow, allowing you to ease into defining your space. In addition to creating privacy, hedging is a great way to divide gardens, line the borders of a driveway, and adorn your home’s foundation. The culture of planting trees and shrubs in dense, interwoven lines dates back thousands of years to the fields of farmers who needed to pen livestock and shield tender crops from seaborne winds....