Everything's more magical by moonlight.
Learn all about my experience with moonflower vine care, including how to get blooms, how to harvest seeds, how to care for it, and more!
Have you started planting your flowers yet? It’s officially that time of...
A moon garden is a mystical space that embraces the darkness and contains bright white plants and those that only bloom at night.
Perhaps the most unique panicle hydrangea on the market, Early Evolution offers a completely different form of flower, covering the plant with a sea of blooms. The flower color evolution begins earlier than others, with buds forming in late spring. Flowers start lime-white before turning pure white, then blush as they age, ending up dark pink in September; five months of blooms! A nice, compact size, making it easy to tuck into most garden beds. Deciduous.
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This under-appreciated grass-like perennial can be a lawn alternative, a groundcover, a border, a container plant and more.
Growing Nigella in the garden, also known as love in a mist plant, offers an interesting, peek-a-boo flower to be glimpsed through showy bracts. Care of love in a mist flower is easy and this article
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! They say it’s the unofficial beginning of summer. And that means more time outdoors– sunshine… And for some– gardens, pools and exquisite gardens. That is— if one has the land to accommodate all of that. Alas, I am in an apartment. And before that, I lived in a Townhouse. We had […]
Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist) is an annual garden plant with alternate pinnately divided thread-like leaves. It grows up to 20 inches...
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Noted for its sun tolerance, Hosta 'August Moon' (Plantain Lily) is a perennial forming a dense, asymmetrical mound of thick, widely oval, heart-shaped, chartreuse leaves, up to 9 in. long (22 cm), turning soft yellow, then bright golden-yellow depending on sun exposure. Searsuckered and puckered, the matt foliage displays strongly marked veins. Bell-shaped, pale lavender to white flowers appear in summer, rising on scapes 32 in. tall (80 cm). Among the first yellow-leaved hostas ever introduced, 'August Moon' is quick growing and vigorous. A perfect subject for the landscape or containers where it will illuminate your yard like an August moon.
Whether you have a large country garden or a tiny balcony, a container garden is always a good idea
Parlor palms have a long history as houseplants—and they are easy to maintain with just a few basic tips.
The calla lily, or Zantedeschia, makes an impressive display in the garden. Since it doesn't mind having wet feet, this flower is a great choice to add as
Lamium maculatum 'Purple Dragon'
Happy Memorial Day Weekend! They say it’s the unofficial beginning of summer. And that means more time outdoors– sunshine… And for some– gardens, pools and exquisite gardens. That is— if one has the land to accommodate all of that. Alas, I am in an apartment. And before that, I lived in a Townhouse. We had […]
Learn to grow flowering tobacco plants, prized in cottage gardens and moon gardens for their intense scent. They come in various colors and sizes.
Master gardener and Monrovia editorial director Kate Karam shares her secrets for creating our easy-care, four-season cottage garden
Masses of white flowers cover this beautiful, small groundcover, making bacopa an increasingly popular choice for containers.
