Gorgeous Garden Plants

Garden flowers come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Whether you prefer popular blooms or want something unusual to add interest to your garden, we have inspiration and advice for you. Every gardener can benefit from our tips to grow picture-perfect flowers. We've gathered our favorite perennials, annuals, shrubs, and trees to help you create your best garden yet.
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Our Guide to Clematis Vine Care for Beautiful Blooms
Clematis vine is one of the best perennials for your garden. These plants dress up any structure they climb with their flowers that come in an array of shapes and colors. Bloom time ranges from late spring to fall, depending on the type and variety. With a little planning and the proper clematis care, you'll have blooms in your garden throughout the growing season. You can even plant these vigorous vines alongside sturdy woody plants such as roses, trees, or shrubs to act as a living trellis. #purpleflowers #gardening #landscaping #bhg
25 of the Best Flowering Vines for Fences, Arbors, and Trellises
Flowering vines are an easy way to fill vertical spaces in your garden. Choose from annual flowering vines for quick color for a growing season, or go with a perennial floral vine that will grow and bloom for years in your landscape. Plant either type of flowering vine where they can grow up and over fences, arbors, and trellises to show off their beautiful blooms. #floweringvines #bestfloralvines #perennialvines #bhg
10 Best Nasturtium Companion Plants to Pair in Your Garden
These nasturtium companion plants benefit from the flower's ability to repel pests, attract pollinators, and boost harvests. #companionplants #gardeningtips #gardening #bhg
15 Container Garden Plants That Breeze Through Summer's Heat
For container gardens that will look gorgeous even through the dog days of summer, try these drought-tolerant container plants for full sun and heat. #containergardens #containerflowers #containergardenideas #bhg
36 Container Garden Ideas for a Gorgeous Display
Our gorgeous container garden ideas will inspire you to create an eye-catching, space-saving display, whether you want a window box full of romantic plants or a patio planter brimming with tall grasses. With a simple container, you’ve got endless container garden plans! #containergarden #containergardenplan #containergardenplants #bhg
24 of the Best Colorful Perennials for Your Garden
One of the longest-blooming perennials for your garden is pincushion flower (Scabiosa). It produces dainty purplish-blue flowers from spring into fall with deadheading. Each bloom sits atop a long, wiry stem, which seems to dance in a breeze. The ferny foliage stays lower to the ground, so you can place it toward the front of your flower bed or border. #gardening #perennials #colorfulgardens #bhg
19 Early Spring Flowers That Brighten Up Your Yard
Early spring flowers are the surest sign that milder weather is on the way. These bulbs and perennials provide a splash of color before many other plants have started to leaf out after a long winter. Many of these spring-flowering plants go dormant after the bloom. #flowergarden #springperennials #dreamgarden #bhg
24 Perennial Water-Loving Plants for Damp Areas in Your Garden
Add tropical flair to your landscape with perennial canna. This bold water-loving perennial plant has huge leaves and spikes of bright red, yellow, orange, or pink flowers. In cold-winter regions, dig up and store canna rhizomes in a frost-free place over winter and replant them the following spring, or grow them in containers to make storing the rhizomes easier. #perennialplants #perennialgarden #gardenplants #redperennials #bhg
17 Colorful Outdoor Plants That Don’t Need Sunlight
Not all plants need direct sunlight. In fact, plenty of annuals, perennials, and tropicals can thrive in the shade. Whether you want to brighten up those dim corners in your yard or liven up a spot in the shadow of a large tree, these shade-loving flowering plants happily grow where their full-sun counterparts won’t. #shadegarden #gardenplants #dreamgarden #gardeningtips #bhg
10 of the Most Stunning Pansies to Grow from Seed
These gorgeous pansy varieties you can grow from seed are a far cry from the ones you typically find in nursery six-packs. #bhg #gardenideas #gardening
How to Plant and Grow a Water Lily
Water lilies (Nymphaea spp.) are more than pretty plants. They also contribute to pond health. By covering the water’s surface, they shade the water and keep it cooler, which helps control algae that thrive in heat. Water lilies also shelter fish from birds of prey and filter out excess nutrients to further inhibit algae growth. Learn how to plant water lilies and find out the best types of waterlilies to grow. #waterlillies #howtoplantwaterlillies #gardenplants #bhg
How to Figure Out Your Last Frost Date for a Healthy Spring Garden
Don’t dig yet! Before you start your spring planting, you need to find out when it’s truly warm enough to plant outside again.
20 Deer-Resistant Groundcovers for Sun and Shade
As its name suggests, the oval leaves of lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina) are covered with soft silvery-white hairs that look like fur, and deer don’t like them one little bit. This plant develops creeping stems that root where they touch the soil to form a dense mat. It can be a bit aggressive when combined with other perennials, but is easy to remove where you don't want it, and it really holds its own when deer stop by. #deerresistant #bestgardenplants #landscaping #bhg
20 Deer-Resistant Groundcovers for Sun and Shade
These deer-resistant groundcover plants aren't appealing to roving herds but will enhance your landscape with their flowers and foliage. #deerresistant #bestgardenplants #landscaping #bhg
7 Common Mistakes to Avoid with Your Hummingbird Feeder, According to Experts
Avoiding these common hummingbird feeder mistakes to encourage hummers to spend more time in your yard.