Carnations, sweet williams, and pinks are long-lasting in the garden and cut arrangements. With a spicy fragrance, Dianthus flowers sport attractive shades of pink, red, white, and purple that bloom all summer long. A stand-out in borders, rockeries, and window boxes, get all the growing details now on Gardener’s Path.
Highly aromatic with a piquant flavor, summer savory is an easily grown annual. It makes a fragrant, low-growing edging plant for the garden, is valued in the kitchen, and has some qualities that may surprise you. Join us for a closer look at how to grow this often underutilized herb. Read more now on Gardener’s Path.
With their bright green foliage, juicy colors, and tumbling habit, ivy geraniums are an essential plant for any area that needs trailers – containers, hanging baskets, window boxes – and can even be used as ground cover. Join us for a detailed look at the best care and cultivation practices for this pretty pelargonium.
If you love to make your own Christmas decorations but don’t have a lot of free time to handcraft a wreath, make a swag for the door instead. Fast, simple, and easy, they add a gorgeous splash of fresh seasonal color that will look good for weeks. Join us now for a step by step tutorial!
With an elegant form, sumptuous colors, a delicate fragrance, and elaborate blossoms, the iris is a delightful specimen of early summer. Named after a goddess and used as a symbol of royalty, this gorgeous flower is easy to grow and multiplies readily. Join us now for a closer look at how to enjoy this divine beauty in your own garden!
Are you looking for a reliable performer to add some juicy color to the late summer garden? Then join us for a closer look at the delightful dahlia. From patio to tree-sized, and in almost every imaginable color, these dazzling tubers bloom from mid-summer right until the first frost. Keep reading for all their care and growing info now on Gardener’s Path.
We love perennials for their dependable performance and easy-to-care-for nature, and the cranesbill geranium is synonymous with reliability in terms of healthy growth and season-long flowering. The perfect plant for light shade to full sun, this hardy specimen has few requirements for a steady supply of flowers all summer long. Get all the care and cultivation details right here!
Rosemary is an ancient herb grown for its intense flavor and aroma. Easy to cultivate, this herb is a low-maintenance must for the specimen garden, kitchen herb garden, and for the bath. Get all the details here on Gardener’s Path!
Nasturtiums, with their intense, vibrant blossoms, are one of the easiest annuals to grow from direct sowing of seeds! Low maintenance to the max, they grow quickly and aren’t fussy about location. Plus, they take on a big workload as a companion plant in the veggie patch. Get all the growing tips and details right here!
Hardy, long lasting, and carefree to grow, ornamental grasses are a mainstay in professionally designed landscapes. With a superb diversity of textures, color, shapes, and sizes they can add drama and flair, or subtle softness. Their applications in the garden are many, and they’re one of the best plants to bring out your inner designer. Discover for yourself how readily these plants will work in your garden with our best tips and tricks.
Is it all in our minds, or does gardening really relieve stress and make us happier? As it turns out, the answer to both is yes! Science is catching up with what we’ve always instinctively known about the benefits of horticulture – read all about it right here!
Garden slugs and snails are known as gastropods, and an infestation can decimate tender seedlings and mature plants in short order. Join us here for a look at the most effective natural methods to banish the slimy bandits for good!