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The Best New Big Leaf Hydrangeas for Your Garden

Are you disappointed with the flowers you are getting – or not getting – from your big leaf (macrophylla) hydrangeas? Do you think it might be time to get some of the newer, better versions? But there are so many these days. How can a gardener cut through the hype and make the right choice?...

Looking for some cool plants to add to your garden? Here are a dozen of the most interesting newly-available plants to keep an eye out for.

12 Cool Plants to Look for This Year

Garden Planning & Design, Planning and Design, Planting

Looking for some cool plants to add to your garden? Here are a dozen of the most interesting newly-available plants to keep an eye out for. 1. Monstera Esqueleto Monstera Esqueleto is a gorgeous new houseplant known for its bold, unique foliage. Introduced in 2023 by NGB member Costa Farms, it has large, fenestrated leaves...

10 Best Plants & Flowers for your garden

10 Best Plants & Flowers to Use for Tea

How-to, Planting

There is nothing better than drinking a delicious cup of tea. Except, drinking a cup made from plants grown in your own garden. Ditch the classics and get ready for your new home-grown favorites! 10 favorite plants to grow and use in your tea garden 1. Lemon Grass Towering in the garden, lemongrass is truly...

Jazz Hands Loropetalum is a warm hardiness zone plant - National Garden Bureau

Get in the Zone: Two Truths (and a Lie) about Zone Maps

How-to, Planning and Design, Planting Tips

Have you ever returned from a trip, determined to recreate that tropical vacation vibe in your northern backyard? Or maybe you hope to grow lilacs, like those that filled the vase on your grandmother’s kitchen table—but aren’t sure they’ll flourish in your southern garden. While it’s easy to drool over the latest, greatest plants featured...

5 Essential gardening tips - national garden bureau

5 Essential Spring Gardening Tips

Garden Planning & Design, How-to, Planting Tips

Spring is full of new life, green grass, and sunshine! It’s also time to get back into the garden. Here are some tips to keep you and your garden on track this spring. 1. Remove Winter Protection In the fall or early winter, you may have added some winter protection, like mulch or leaves, to...

Ready, Set, GROW: 8 Tips for Timing Seed Starting

How-to, Seeds and Seed Starting

What is it about starting seeds that gives us such pleasure? When you’re itching to get your hands in the soil, but the garden is buried under snow, starting seeds indoors takes the gloom out of chilly winter days. But timing is everything, and you’ll want to create the best schedule for seed-starting success. You’ll...

Creating a Nostalgic-Rich Garden with Modern Plants - National Garden Bureau

Create Your Own Nostalgia-Rich Garden with Modern Plants

Garden Planning & Design, Planting

What evokes your favorite memories in the garden? Is it the scent of marigolds, taking you back to the first time you planted flowers with your mom? Is it the delicious flavor of sun-warmed tomatoes, sliced for a family picnic of BLTs? Or is it the heady aroma of lilacs, snipped from a hedge in...

Autumn is for planting seeds to extend your garden

Autumn Is for Planting: Seed Starting for a Fall Garden

Vegetables

It’s about Time to Get Started on Your Fall Garden. While it’s viable to find starts at the local farmer’s market, or the nearby hardware store, nothing is more rewarding than starting your entire garden from seed. That’s why we’ve decided to put all those preparations in one place – right here! We’ll discuss what...

Fall is for planting your favorable Veggie Garden

Luscious Lettuce, Crisp Kale: What to Grow for a Flavorful Fall Veggie Garden

Vegetables

Time to Plan Your Fall Garden Summer’s sultry days may find you melting in the garden, but heavenly homegrown tomatoes and scrumptious sweet corn makes every drop of sweat and mosquito bite worth it. While you’re indulging in tasty homegrown treats, late summer means it’s time to plan for fall feasts. After all, summer’s waning...

Dahlia Types Explained

Flower Gardening

Let's Talk About Dahlias Dahlias are becoming increasingly popular in landscapes and make excellent additions to border plantings, flowerpots, and cut-flower gardens. They flower continuously from summer through the first frost and will bloom prolifically if spent flowers are removed regularly. They do best in full sun and prefer well-drained sandy soils but will tolerate...