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Growing Flowers

Learn all about growing flowers. Grow beautiful annuals and perennials with expert insight from our flower gardening articles. We cover the basics plus advanced gardening tips and landscaping ideas to transform your yard into a backyard paradise. Learn to grow roses, irises, peonies, day lilies, native perennials, and flowers to attract butterflies and pollinators.

When My Garden Turns Into a Big, Beautiful Meadow Garden

Simple Container Designs: Petunias

The Ominous Genus Oenothera

Planting Butterfly Weed, Asclepias Tuberosa

Beautiful Container Garden Designs

Container Garden Tips

Iris Care

phlox for butterflies

Plant Phlox for Butterflies

a yellow daffodil flower covered with snow

Do You Need to Protect Daffodils from the Snow?

zinnia flowers

The Absolute Easiest Way to Grow Flowers: Carpet Bedding

Avoid Planting Nandina

Butterfly Attracting Perennials

New Butterfly Garden Perennials

crapemyrtle

How to Plant Crapemyrtle

Hydrangea Not Blooming

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a vintage folk art weather house which accurately predicts the weather

The Folk Art Weather House

I’ve loved this little folk art weather house all my life. It still makes me smile. What gardener doesn’t need to know the weather? I grew up with many German relatives. Thank-you notes were written to “Oncle Ludwig” and “Tante Marie.” During visits to their homes, I was fascinated by the little folk art German…

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chive plants in bloom with lettuce

Growing vs. Wild Foraging Medicinal Herbs: My Perspective

Growing vs. wild foraging medicinal herbs is a real concern among newbie herbalists. The other day, I shared pictures of my herb seedlings (mallow, parsley, and savory) on Facebook. A nervous nellie immediately wrote, “I would be so AFRAID to do that! How can you know they are safe?” Well, first of all, parsley and…

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Sunfinity sunflowers in pots

Sunfinity Sunflowers: A Long-Lasting Burst of Summer Color

I love sunflowers, so when the National Gardening Bureau reached out with the news of Sunfinity® Sunflowers, I had to check them out. This new sunflower variety keeps blooming long after traditional sunflowers call it quits. While many common varieties offer only a few weeks of color and stop producing flowers once cut, this series…

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bamboo fountain

Buy vs. Build Your Own Garden Fountain

Are you trying to decide whether to buy or build your own garden fountain? I’ve done both, and each approach has pros and cons. I’ll unpack them for you, below, plus include links to some of my favorite products. Home Garden Joy participates in the Amazon affiliate program. We earn a small commission on product…

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