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Read about some great ways to create beautiful container gardens.

Container gardening is a great way to extend the growing season and add beauty to the landscape. Using containers also controls the spread of aggressive plants.

Small apartments inhibit gardening scope. A vertical garden, with simple plants and sensible plant containers, ensures constant greenery with minimum use of floor space.

Creating art that is inspired by gardening is a great way to connect with nature, get out of the house, and embrace the new season. Take yourself on an artist date.

Balm of Gilead is a perennial shrub with a lovely eucalyptus aroma. This fragrant herb has a rich and ancient history.

False indigo, or wild indigo is a useful perennial plant for flowering gardens with attractive fall seed pods and late spring flowers.

Today for some, container gardening is the only way to garden. Perennial and annual plants or vegetable plants with flowers are ideas for mixed plantings.

Container gardening is hot! Perfect for people with disabilities or who live in an apartment or condo! Learn how to grow corn or even a complete salad in a container.

If sticker shock at the grocery store is keeping you from enjoying chemical-free produce, grow organic fruits and vegetables on your porch, balcony, or windowsill.

Eye catching plants can be ideal to give focus to a garden. Choosing the correct focal plant can give any garden an all year round appeal.

Follow these top tips for south facing patios filled with beautiful flowering plants. Choosing and preparing the right pots is just as important as feeding and watering.

Discover 4 fabulous ornamental grasses to grow in key areas of the garden, creating striking contrasts of color and shape. Plus tips for where to plant for best effects.

There are some can't-miss gifts that gardeners will always enjoy. Here are the top plant and bulb picks for gardening presents.

Your bare root perennial plants are ready for planting. Are you ready for them? When to plant these in the garden and how to delay planting, if you must.

Plant breeders love to create new, brightly colored varieties of Coleus plants for container gardeners or home landscaping. These are some of the most popular choices.

There are many different containers available, but which kind is best for your plants? Read on to find out!

Learn how to use citrus trees and citrus scented herbs such as lemon balm, lime balm and mint to create a citrus theme garden.

Peppers are easy to grow in a container garden. Gives varieties of peppers, pepper food trivia, and how to choose the container for your garden.

Container vegetable gardening takes minimal space, puts food on the table, and costs little. Planting seedlings cuts growing time. Share the work for a family project.

Gardeners can create a potager with containers by selecting a collection of ornamental and edible plants. A potager in pots becomes a small french-styled kitchen garden.

First impressions count! Curb appeal sells houses. Inexpensive pretty flowers in beds, border, pots and containers quickly fix up the street view appearance of your home

This article gives directions for planting a small windowsill garden from fruit seeds.

Flower pots and plant containers add interest to all types of gardens. Correctly chosen plant containers from terracotta pots to stone urns enhance all garden locations.

The appeal of fresh vegetables year round makes indoor gardening a satisfying pass-time.

Summertime is when people go on vacation. If you have containers and potted plants around the house, learn how to keep them healthy while you are away.

The term root bound defines a condition that is an extremely common problem for self-taught or novice gardeners.

It’s spring! But is it time to plant perennials yet? Can container grown hardy perennials be planted before the last spring frost? Maybe yes, maybe no. Find out why.

Container vegetable gardening is growing in popularity for those who have relatively small outside spaces or large areas of shade, or little time.

Snapdragons are charming long-time favorites when it comes to flowering garden play-things. See how to grow and use snapgdragons in the garden and some popular cultivars.

Helpful advice for the begining seed saver on which plants to start with and how best to harvest, prepare and save the seeds.

Growing tomatoes upside down not only saves garden space, but insect problems are reduced and yields are increased.

See top six picks for perennials with weeping or cascading growth habit. From ground cover to larger near-shrubs; did your favorite plant make the list?

Follow these simple instructions and you'll go far in establishing a wonderful and healthy garden.

Transplant shock can result in leaf scorch, stunted growth and dropping of leaves, among other things.

There is never a bad time to fill a container with colorful plants to give the garden a fresh look. Today's article is full of ideas and tips for Colorful Containers.

Even if you have room to grow herbs in the garden, there are some great reasons to grow some herbs in pots too.

Growing salad greens, especially lettuce, is a good introduction to hydroponic growing methods. Commonly grown hydroponic lettuce varieties are bibb and buttercrunch.

You will learn through experience which medium is best for your climate and growing conditions.

If you like gardening, germinating seeds is a great way to watch your plants grow from seed to adult.

External situations are extremely important when growing plants from seed.

Looking for an easy container garden but wanting to get more use out of it than just one season? Why not try a convertible container?

Is it warm enough yet? Wait until after the last spring frost to plant those annuals! Get your frost date and learn how to harden off your annual flowers.

Gardeners love plants for Christmas, of course, as most are eager to be back in the garden. What plants would be the best gifts for gardeners?

Supermarkets that charge elevated prices are not the only place to find healthy organic foods. To find the best prices on organic food, just think local.

An outline and checklist to avoid common problems in the landscape design process. Using this list avoids frustrating and often costly problems.

Things to consider before you create a roof garden, such as plant selection, the garden container, wind and heat tolerance, zoning, and structure support.

A small garden in a kid's pool, or in any large garden planter, is just the right size for a children's vegetable or flower garden.

Caring for house plants that purify your air and enhances your life goals.

Organic gardening is even more fun when it's free.

A bit of skill is required to setup and run a hydroponic indoor herb garden, but the result can be visually pleasing. Fresh herbs are the perfect cooking companion.