An attractive flower garden can add charm and value to your home. Before planting, it is essential to assess site conditions and select plants
How to Start a Flower Garden
Successful flower gardens require proper soil preparation and matching plants to their location, while subtler factors like fragrance and movement
How to Plant a Cut Flower Garden
Growing flowers for cutting is easy and rewarding. Annual varieties such as zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, and celosia make great starting point choices
How to Grow a Cut Flower Garden
Fresh-cut bouquets bring bright pops of color into indoor spaces but can be expensive to acquire regularly. Planting a cutting garden in your yard
How to Layout a Flower Garden
As in real estate, repetition is key when designing flower gardens. Experienced designers know this, so they repeat key colors, shapes and plant
How to Plant a Flower Garden
No matter if your goal is a perennial garden or an array of colorful annual flowers, careful planning for success requires thoughtful consideration.
How to Plan a Flower Garden
Plants come in all sorts of shapes (also referred to as forms or habits). Some are round or bushy while others take on more structured forms like
How to Start a Flower Garden From Scratch
Nothing beats the thrill of planting your own flower garden from scratch, but before starting construction it's essential to perform some preliminary
How to Keep Cats Out of Flower Garden
Cats can cause havoc in flower gardens by digging, leaving deposits behind, and chewing. Luckily, there are ways to keep cats away from flower beds