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From backyard flower beds to vegetables, herb gardens, and houseplants, check out our best gardening ideas, expert advice, how-tos, and more.

Countdown to Spring Gardening Season

what to prune july august

The Only Plants You Should Be Pruning Right Now, According to Garden Experts

Most plants shouldn't be pruned in the summer heat, but these five are still safe to trim.

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Colorful beautiful summer garden.

Why Mulching Before a Heat Wave Matters

By Lisa Cericola

Surface level view of backyard sprinkler spraying

4 Bad Lawn-Watering Habits to Break

By Charlyne Mattox

Catmint / Catnip, Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low' - II

11 Hard-to-Kill Garden Plants

By Arricca Elin SanSone

Barbeque cast iron grill and table ready for eating on terrace at home.

11 Plants to Make Your Garden Feel More Cool

red white and blue flowers proven winners

Plant a Red, White, and Blue Container

Garden with raised beds and windmill under a blue sky.

Country Living Garden Club: Vegetable Garden Tips

Gardener using a scissor to shearing and trim a leaf of Ficus annulata.

How to Prune Shrubs for a Fuller Look

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Why Your Dahlias Aren't Blooming

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Monarch butterfly feeding on a pink swamp milkweed flower

The Best Flowers for a Butterfly Garden

best hanging basket flowers for heat

7 Best Hanging Basket Plants for Summer Heat

summer gardening guide

The 8 Summer Gardening Tasks Experts Never Skip

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4 Plants to Make Your Garden Feel More Private

pink roses in the sunshine

What to Do with Roses After Flowering

Person with suitcase standing in garden with greenhouse and raised beds.

Keep Your Garden Thriving While on Vacation

Hands Holding Freshly Cut Grass Clippings in a Natural Outdoor Setting

3 Smart Uses for Grass Clippings

Campground victorian cottage

10 Hanging Basket Flowers to Perk Up Your Porch

Beautiful in spring fields and the plant of cosmos flowers at Boonrawd farm on a sunny day, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

10 Flowers to Plant in June

beautiful summer flowering pink climbing roses on a wooden garden arch in an English cottage garden

Country Living Garden Club: English Garden Ideas

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13 Best Fast-Growing Trees for Privacy

bright peonies in flowerbed

What to Do with Peonies After Flowering

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Blazing star (Liatris) flowers - II

The Best Plants for Scorching Summers

Lush garden with colorful flowers, birdhouse, and feeder amidst trees

Start a Meadow Garden

Young man mowing the grass

How Often to Mow Your Lawn in Summer

Blue Chair field flowers

8 Beneficial Bugs Every Garden Needs

Outdoor Decorating

pretty white porch with dining table and rockers

78 Ways to Pretty Up Your Porch This Weekend

black wood pergola in lavender garden with long table underneath

These Backyard Pergola Ideas Are So Dreamy

rustic fire pit with adirondack chairs at lake cabin

It’s Officially Fire Pit Season!

fire pit at a farmhouse on 10 acre pecan grove in the mississippi delta designed by holly audrey williams and rachel hardage barrett

9 Best Outdoor String Lights

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The 8 Best Flowers to Plant in a Cutting Garden

aphids - lice pest infestation

Fight Aphids with These 2 Herbs

Charlyne Mattox pulls a garden cart while shopping for plants at Petals From the Past in Jemison, Alabama

Country Living Garden Club: Container Gardens

Two arms cutting flower with pruning shears

8 Plants to Prune in June for Better Blooms

Poison hemlock plant identification by Pam Bennett

How to Spot Poison Hemlock

Beautiful summer garden flower border with Echinacea purpurea, Rudbeckia yellow coneflowers

The 70/30 Rule for Beautiful Gardens, Explained

pink and purple columbine flowers in a natural setting

These Self-Seeding Flowers Plant Themselves!

peony sarah bernhardt blooming in the garden. close up.

How to Deadhead Peonies: Avoid This Mistake

summery setting with hammock and hydrangeas flowers, porch

How to Make Hydrangeas Turn Blue or Pink

how to grow buttonbush

This Native Shrub Has the Cutest Name

Blossoming Cherry Tree

14 Pink-Flowering Trees to Spruce Up a Yard

clematis flowers in the garden

Flowering Vines for a Lush Backyard—Fast

Peony

12 Tough Perennials That Practically Live Forever

a front porch planter filled with flowers

The Container Garden Trick Experts Swear By

bleeding heart blossoming plant

Forgotten Flowers for Cottage-Garden Charm

Peggy Martin rose plant displayed horizontally

The Easy Rose That Looks Absolutely Magical

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Different green house plants on window in sunny summer day. Banner. Selective focus.

Why I Don’t Put My Houseplants Outside Over Summer

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6 Smart Garden Storage Ideas for Summer

Charlyne Mattox plant shopping in a greenhouse

Country Living Garden Club: Nostalgic Blooms

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What Smart Gardeners Do Before Summer

Bare feet of woman walking on green clover lawn

Weeds That Might Actually Help Your Lawn

Echinacea - Coneflower

Best Drought-Tolerant Plants

taken on june 3, 2018 at katsusika ku tokyo japan

Beautiful Blooms, Minimal Work

how to grow gladiolus

Plant These Once and They’ll Bloom for Years

how deep to plant tomatoes

Before You Plant Tomatoes Deep, Read This

Charlyne Mattox wearing brimmed straw hat and garden apron, holding flowers and potted plants in a greenhouse

Country Living Garden Club: Dreamy Potting Sheds

Black eyed susans with yellow petals and green leaves

The Tough Native Flower That Refuses to Quit

Flower of hydrangea

Fast-Growing Flowering Shrubs to Plant