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Looking for ideas on how to style your front porch this season? Find 15 different examples of how we’ve used Proven Winners plants to decorate porches and front landscapes in this inspirational resource.
Purple petunias come in a variety of hues, from pastel lavender to vivid magenta, complementing most other colors and suiting any mood or garden style. These colorful purple petunia varieties work beautifully in beds, borders, purple petunias for containers, and landscapes.
Looking to add more native plants that will help support the birds who call your garden home? This is a great place to start.
When the weather gets cold and there is less work to be done outside in your garden, it's time to get your gardening fix indoors with fresh indoor plant ideas and inspiring winter houseplant ideas. There are so many fun leafjoy houseplants to discover, but that's just one way to enjoy plants inside with creative ways to display plants. In this article, we'll show you 12 different ideas on how to decorate with plants indoors using evergreen, plants with colorful stems, berry-producing shrubs and houseplants to liven up your indoor spaces with stylish indoor plant decor ideas.
Add everlasting color to your landscape with shrubs that retain their foliage all year long
As one of the most beloved garden plants, hostas deserve a place in any landscape. Pair this easy-care perennial with other shade lovers for a dazzling display of an ideal hosta garden companions.
Some of the most beautiful gardens in the world are planted with a wide range of colors, from warm reds to cool blues and everything in between. Have you ever thought about trying to create a rainbow garden design using plants by color that included every shade of the spectrum? Officially, those colors are known as ROYGBIV on the spectrum—that stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. It might be fun to try a garden color combination like this!
We’ll help you get started using the colorful garden ideas for each color below to plan your rainbow garden design. We have plant lists compiled for every one in the rainbow. Tap the links within each color category to explore further. If you’d prefer a more limited color palette, simply pick your favorites below and get started.
If you are anything like me, the dream is to have a gorgeous garden regardless of the time of year, a true garden for year-round color. Having a garden that is always colorful will take time, persistence, patience, and planning. Just like any other garden, a garden that is always in color will need updating and care as time goes on to support garden color all seasons. Here are twelve items to consider when planning an ever-colorful, year-round garden color.
Understanding and employing the basics elements of garden design will transform your garden from a collection of plants into one beautifully crafted, cohesive space. We’ll review ten principles that are critical to successful landscape design, and you’ll learn what key terms like texture, contrast and viewpoint mean as they relate to garden elements.
Wondering what to pair with your spring flowering bulbs that will make a spectacular show, or which perennials will hide the bulb foliage as they go dormant? You’ll find ten answers here!
