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Master hydrangea care with this simple guide to deadheading and pruning. Learn when and how to trim your plants for healthy, long-lasting blooms.

Proper Hydrangea Pruning – When and How to Deadhead

Chrysanthemums covered in light frost in a fall garden

Chrysanthemums and Frost – Tips to Save Your Fall Blooms

Learn how to transplant raspberries the right way! Follow these simple steps to move your canes successfully and enjoy a healthy, productive berry patch.

How to Transplant Raspberries: A Step-by-Step Guide

New to gardening? Learn how to divide iris bulbs the simple way. Step-by-step instructions to keep your irises blooming year after year.

Dividing Iris Bulbs Made Simple – Gardening 101

Bright red rose hips on a bush after the first frost

When to Pick Rose Hips – A Simple Harvesting Guide

Fresh mint leaves scattered on a marble surface next to tea and citrus

What to Do with Mint Leaves – Easy Recipes & Tips

Winter Care for Hydrangeas: Should You Cut Them Back?

Winter Care for Hydrangeas: Should You Cut Them Back?

Healthy tomato plants loaded with ripe red tomatoes growing in a garden after fertilizing.

Best Natural Fertilizer for Tomatoes

Garden gloves planting seed potatoes in rich soil during autumn

Planting Potatoes in Fall: Secrets to Bigger, Better Yields

Ornamental cabbage with vibrant purple and green leaves in a fall garden

Gorgeous Fall Color? Plant Ornamental Cabbage!

Several peony divisions spaced evenly in a freshly dug garden bed.

Multiply Your Peonies This Fall—Here’s How!

Learn the best time to prune lilacs to keep them healthy and blooming beautifully. Discover expert tips for shaping, timing, and encouraging next year’s flowers.

The Best Time to Prune Lilacs for Beautiful Blooms

Pair your onions with the right companions! Find out which plants thrive alongside onions to boost growth, repel pests, and create a healthier garden.

Top Companion Plants for Onions Every Gardener Should Know

Essential tips for timing onion planting for a successful garden

When to Plant Onions: A Simple Guide for Garden Success

From planting cloves in fall to harvesting in summer, this step-by-step garlic growing guide will help you enjoy a bountiful harvest of flavorful, homegrown garlic.

Beginner’s Guide to Growing Garlic

Colorful butterfly perched on purple flowers in a garden

Top 11 Butterfly-Friendly Plants for Your Garden

Bright lantana flowers blooming in a butterfly-friendly garden

How to Grow Lantana for a Thriving Butterfly Garden

Milkweed flowers blooming in a butterfly-friendly garden

Why Every Butterfly Garden Needs Milkweed

Tips for growing butterfly bushes in your garden. Butterfly Bush planting and care.

Why Butterfly Bushes Are a Must-Have for Butterfly Gardens

Close-up of verbena blooms with a butterfly feeding on nectar

How to Grow Verbena for a Butterfly-Friendly Garden

Creeping phlox blooming in a butterfly garden

Why Creeping Phlox is the Perfect Plant for Butterfly Gardens

Pink Joe Pye Weed flowers surrounded by butterflies

How to Grow Joe Pye Weed to Attract Butterflies

Black-Eyed Susans blooming in a sunny butterfly garden

How to Grow Black-Eyed Susans for a Butterfly-Friendly Garden

Purple asters blooming in a butterfly garden

Guide to Growing Asters: Bring More Butterflies to Your Yard

Bee balm plant being trimmed in a sunny garden during fall.

The Best Time to Cut Back Bee Balm (and Why It Matters)

Close-up of bee balm flowers with a hummingbird mid-flight.

Bee Balm 101: The Pollinator Plant Every Garden Needs

Harvesting fresh lavender bundles

How to Harvest Lavender: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide

Explore the best plants to grow in your tea garden! From classic green tea leaves to calming chamomile and refreshing mint, discover which herbs and plants will elevate your homemade teas. Perfect for beginners and tea lovers looking to cultivate their own fresh ingredients.

List of Tea Garden Plants for Beginners and Enthusiasts

Discover easy steps to prune your mint plants and encourage healthy, bushy growth. Learn when and how to trim for the freshest, most flavorful leaves all season long!

When and How to Prune Mint Plants for Best Results

Keep your bee balm looking fresh and full by deadheading regularly. This quick and easy guide shows you the best techniques to remove spent flowers and promote continuous blooming.

How to Deadhead Bee Balm for Healthier, Longer Blooms

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