10 Best Trees to Plant This Fall
Fall is the perfect time to plant trees. Explore 10 landscape designer picks for seasonal color, wildlife value, and every size yard, plus tips to help you choose the right tree for your landscape.
10 Front Yard Landscaping Plants That Boost Curb Appeal
Looking for front yard landscaping plants that are easy to grow and look great? A landscape designer shares 10 tried-and-true picks for serious curb appeal, from evergreens to specimen trees and flowering shrubs.
Butterfly Bush vs Butterfly Weed: A Complete Comparison for Gardeners
Discover how these two popular plants compare in looks, care, wildlife value, and garden performance.
7 Non-Invasive Butterfly Bush Varieties for a Guilt-Free Garden
Discover 7 non-invasive butterfly bush varieties that won't spread or take over your garden. Seedless and sterile butterfly bush cultivars with all the beauty and none of the baggage.
18 Best Flowering Shrubs: A Landscape Designer’s Favorite Picks
A landscape designer shares 18 of the best flowering shrubs for landscaping, from fragrant spring bloomers to flowering bushes that bloom all summer. Real photos, expert design tips, and top cultivar picks for every garden style and light condition.
Hydrangea Care Guide: Planting, Pruning & Color Changes
Learn how to grow hydrangeas with confidence. This hydrangea care guide covers planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, and how to change flower color.
12 Deer Resistant Plants (And What That Really Means for Your Garden)
Discover 12 deer resistant plants for sun and shade, including perennials, shrubs, trees, and ground covers, with top cultivar picks and design tips from an experienced landscape designer.
Ruby Spice Summersweet: The Ultimate Guide to Growing This Fragrant Shade Shrub
A deer-resistant native shrub that blooms in shade, thrives in soggy soil, and smells absolutely incredible. Ruby Spice summersweet might just be the shrub your garden has been waiting for.
Japanese Spirea: You Might Not Have to Skip It!
Discover the beauty of Japanese spirea (Spiraea japonica) and explore some non-invasive spirea varieties for a low-maintenance, eco-friendly landscape.
Butterfly Garden for Kids: Free Design Plan + Complete Plant List (Zones 4-8)
Free butterfly garden for kids design plan: attract monarchs, support pollinators, and watch caterpillars transform into butterflies right in your own yard.
25 Best Shade Plants for Beautiful Shade Gardens
Think your shady yard is a lost cause? These 25 shade plants prove you can turn those dark, ugly spots into the most beautiful part of your garden.
25 Best Perennials for Full Sun Gardens
Discover the 25 best plants for full sun that will transform your garden with nonstop color from spring through fall. Complete with expert design tips, real photos, and sound growing advice from a professional landscape designer.
How to Use Arborvitae in Landscaping: Ideas, Spacing & Top Varieties
Learn how to use arborvitae in your landscape design — from privacy hedges to mixed borders. Includes spacing guidance, variety comparisons, and expert landscaping ideas.
The Ancient, Prehistoric Bald Cypress Tree
This stately, deciduous conifer thrives in zones 4-10.
The Bright, Bold and Vibrant Butterfly Weed Plant
Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the showiest native perennials you can grow, and one of the most important for monarchs. Learn how it differs from other milkweeds, plus care tips, companion plants, and landscape ideas.