Gardening Ideas

The Grumpy Gardener

Row of assorted flowers in a plant nursery greenhouse

Plants Are the New Toilet Paper

Front Door

Whip That Yard Into Shape

Everything You Need to Know About the Cotton Rose

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When It's Time To Cut Your Losses And Prune Winter-Damaged Plants

Light Pink Rhododendron Shrub

Spectacular Rhododendrons: How To Grow and Care for the Popular Shrub

Carpenter Bees

Why Carpenter Bees Have Gotten So Much Worse

Potted Rosemary on Kitchen Counter

The 10 Houseplants You Will Always Kill

Cherry Blossoms

12 Best Small Trees For Small Yards

Cutting Hydrangeas

The Grumpy Gardener's Guide to Hydrangeas

Five Monster Vines You Must Never Plant

Plant a Smaller Crepe Myrtle in Your Yard This Year

How and When to Prune 'Knock Out' Roses

Why Won't My Crepe Myrtle Bloom?

Why Are My Gardenia's Leaves Turning Black?

The Truth About 'Endless Summer' Hydrangea

Dandelion Weeds Growing in Patio

Can We Just Quit with the Vinegar-Epsom Salts Weed Killer Nonsense?

'Nippon Beauty' Peony (Dark Pink)

Pretty in Pink: How to Grow Peonies in the South

Crepe Myrtle

How To Prune Crepe Myrtles

Crossandra

The Prettiest Shade Plant You've Never Heard Of

Dogwood

What's Wrong With My Dogwood?

Mimosa Tree Flower

Think Twice Before Bringing Home a Mimosa Tree

Kill Those Stinking Squash Bugs!

Fire Ants

Controlling Fire Ants—What Works, What Doesn't

Mimosa Tree

11 Common Plants You Should Never (Ever!) Bring Home From the Nursery Again

Hands Holding Mulch

6 Types of Organic Mulch That Are Better Than Rubber

Watering Lawn

Lawn Watering Mistakes We All Make

Plants You Should Never Prune in Fall

Rue anemone white spring wildflower

Spring Surprises from Grumpy's Garden

Cyclamen November Blooms

Hardy Cyclamen Surprises In Fall

Camellia in snow

Will Plants Survive the Arctic Blast?

5 Gardening Mistakes to Avoid This Fall

Planting Vegetable Garden Seeds

Your May Gardening Checklist

4 Bad Bugs to Watch for This Winter

Alley of beautiful Paulownia tomentosa trees or empress tree

The Pros and Cons of Planting an Empress Tree

Mexican Petunia: The Resilient Perennial That Will Bloom Just About Anywhere

What You Need to Know About Yellow Jackets

The Only Good Place For a Weeping Willow

Ecuador Pink angel trumpet

Angel's Trumpet Keeps Tired Fall Gardens Blooming

Black and Yellow Garden Spider

All About the Huge, But Beneficial, Garden Spider

Native Trumpet Vine

Why You Should Just Say No to Trumpet Vine

Hostas Plants in Garden

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Hostas

Hydrangea Leaf Spots

Be On the Lookout for This Hydrangea Fungus

Steve Bender Snake Plant Blooming

How I Made My Snake Plant Bloom

Chinese Pistache Tree

Plant Chinese Pistache, A Beautiful, Tough Tree

Sweet Potato Vines—The Best "Spillers" Ever

Five Awful Plants for the Front of Your House

Southern Magnolia Flower

Southern Magnolia—Your Questions Answered

‘Miss Lemon’ Abelia Plant for Front Yard

14 Great Plants for the Front of Your House

Jane Magnolia

Thank Heaven for 'Little Girl' Magnolias

Blue Moon Wisteria

Two Tamer Wisteria Vines to Try

Hydrangea flower

Is it the Right Time to Prune My Hydrangeas?

Chaste Tree

Chaste Tree Is a Summer-Blooming Delight

How to Pick the Right Magnolia Tree

What's Wrong With My Crepe Myrtle? 5 Common Problems

Pink Drift Roses

Everything You Need to Know About Drift Roses: A Better Rose Than Knock Out

Hydrangea With Leaf Spot

What's Wrong With My Hydrangea?

Privet Blooms

Everything You Need To Know About Pretty, Awful Privet

Flowering dogwood in spring.

Dogwood Is a Tree for All Seasons

Army Worms

Don't Let Fall Armyworms Conquer Your Lawn

Variegated Ivy

Love It or Hate It—How to Grow or Remove English Ivy

Turkey Tail Mushroom on Tree

Mushrooms on Trees Are Bad News

Ficus Tree

4 Reasons Why Your Ficus Suddenly Dropped Its Leaves

Peggy Martin rose

The Enduring Allure of Passalong Plants