Posts in category Plants

When temperatures cool (and a few weeks before it freezes), it’s time to plant daffodils. Gardener Mary Walton Upchurch tells us what she’s learned about growing these cheerful harbingers of spring and shares her favorite varieties too.

Sunny beds of nectar-rich blooms and caterpillar-friendly host plants will bring butterflies fluttering your way. Gardening enthusiast Mary Walton Upchurch shares her tips.

Gardening enthusiast Mary Walton Upchurch engages in a little horticultural hyperbole where the graceful branches of the ornamental tree are at stake.

In a love letter to daylilies, gardener Mary Walton Upchurch writes of her unusual approach to the prolific but fleeting blooms, which she grows as cut flowers for the house rather than as ornaments for the garden.

Butterflies flock to buddleia’s fragrant blooms, but only the most conscientious gardener should consider planting this non-native invasive species. Mary Walton Upchurch explains how to keep it in check.

Enjoy the world’s greatest flower show from the comfort of your home May 18-23. Plus, see photos from Flower‘s visit to the 2019 show.

Karen Cauthen Ellsworth of Virginia’s Historic Garden Week shares Southern favorites for springtime gardens, plus planting and floral-arranging tips from Garden Club of Virginia’s Horticulture Chairman, Wendy Walker

Becky Brinkman, the Fuqua Orchid Center Manager for the Atlanta Botanical Garden, shares tips for selecting healthy orchid plants, growing them at home, and daily care of your orchids

Designer James Farmer shares his favorites for your landscape and homegrown arrangements

In the short story “Lilacs,” Kate Chopin wrote, “When the scent of the lilac blossoms began to permeate the air, …

Garden designer Troy Rhone shows how to showcase your patriotic spirit with a red, white, and blue flower garden, and shares tips for planting a flower bed.

Author Jessica Francis Kane reflects on the often overlooked heroes of our landscapes