A container garden is the ultimate accessory for your porch, patio, or doorstep. These plants will keep you in style, even in the shade A container garden is the ultimate accessory for your porch, ...

Strawberries are a perfect plant for containers, especially hanging containers. They look gorgeous with the fruit drooping ...

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Most of us crave color in the landscape. Colorful flowers and foliage enliven a landscape and bring interest and beauty. We typically plant colorful flowerbeds to provide splashes of color. While ...

When I was in college, I had three pots with tiny plants growing on my windowsill. They were my connection with horticulture. Those long nights trying to figure out why a horticulture major was taking ...

For those living in apartments or condos, container gardening is the only way to go. And blessedly, most plants here – even fruit trees and vegetables – do very well in containers. Among the top ...

‘For extremely cold regions, adding a layer of mulch around the base of plants or wrapping the planter in breathable fabric ...

Dark pots are an easy way to give a little extra heat to plants that need it. Watch your watering, and your garden will ...

Whether you have limited room for a garden or simply don’t want to do that much, there’s an option these days that works for everyone: container gardens. Container gardens are the one-pot wonders of ...

Container plants are much more vulnerable to the devastation of summer heat and sun than those planted in the ground. Therefore, you need to provide special care to help them survive -- and more ...

Brightening a shady spot on your property (and by “shady,” we mean an area that receives less than 6 hours of sunlight per day) with containers full of blooms and greenery is easy once you understand ...