Garden and Caring for Plants

Growing and Caring for plants involves providing them with the right conditions to thrive, which includes attention to watering, light, soil, temperature, and occasionally pruning or fertilizing.

By consistently providing appropriate care and attention, you can help your plants thrive and enjoy the beauty and benefits they bring to your home or garden.

  • A big clump of Canada Milk Vetch in full sun

    Canada Milk Vetch

    Canada Milk Vetch is great for attracting hummingbirds, birds, butterflies, and bees. The flowers and seed heads are excellent for bouquets, and the leaves…

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  • Full borage plant with blue floweers

    Borage Has Many Uses

    Borage is a tall, attractive plant, often grown in flowerbeds with bright blue star-shaped edible flowers. Also known as “starflower,” the borage herb is…

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  • A close up of white pine needles

    Eastern White Pine Uses

    White pine uses include the sensation of opening the lungs, throat, and sinuses, leading to a feeling of warmth, comfort, and stimulation. Eastern White…

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  • Blue vervain flowering stalks

    Blue Vervain

    Blue vervain, or American vervain, is a hardy and drought-tolerant plant native to North America. It is a traditionally important plant, widely distributed in…

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  • Blue stemmed Goldenrod

    Blue-stemmed Goldenrod is well behaved.

    The blue-stemmed goldenrod is sometimes referred to as Wreath Goldenrod. It is a well-behaved woodland species. It forms pretty, loose clumps with arching stems…

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  • A patch of Solidago rugosa plants

    Rough-stemmed goldenrod

    Rough-stemmed goldenrod is a herbaceous perennial with rough leaves that can grow up to 2 m (6.6 ft) tall. The majority of its leaves…

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  • A white panickled aster with many flowers

    White Panicled Aster

    The White Panicled Aster features daisy-like rays with prominent yellow discs that redden with age and make up clusters of mini-blossoms. Known as Symphyotrichum…

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  • Mad-dog Skullcap

    The leaves of the Mad-dog Skullcap are serrated and opposing, and the stem is square and often hairless. As a member of the mint…

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  • Gardenia plant with a dozen white flowers

    Gardenia Varieties

    Gardenia varieties are striking and fragrant flowering plants in the Rubiaceae, or the coffee madder family. It is a genus native to various regions…

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  • Bottle gentian flower and leaves in a wildgarden

    Bottle Gentian is a Garden Darling!

    Bottle Gentian is, with its dark blue closed flower, among the finest perennials to grace the garden in late summer. Bottle gentian has bottle-like…

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  • Sqarrose goldenrod flower

    Squarrose Goldenrod

    Solidago squarrosa may be the most distinctive species of the goldenrods. As a perennial herb, it can reach a height of 190 cm (6…

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  • Green and Gray Bird Perching on Aloe Vera Plant

    Dividing Aloe for Propagation

    Dividing aloe into several smaller ones is a great way to propagate new plants. More aloe vera plants, for example, will allow you to…

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  • Stiff goldenrod plants in a field

    Stiff Goldenrod

    Stiff Goldenrod is a good choice for prairie gardens, cottage gardens and pollinator gardens. It is a resilient, self seeds and you might need…

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  • Aloe Vera plants in the ground

    Aloe Vera Gel

    Aloe Vera, a popular cactus-like succulent, is one of the most useful medicinal plants and is very easy to grow.

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  • Gorgeous yellow and orange heleniu

    5 Colourful Fall Flowers for an Easy Care Autumn 

    Colorful fall flowers for an easy-care autumn garden can brighten your day. Why should summer have all vibrant blooms!   And what better way…

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  • Early Goldenrod with pollinator on its yeallow flowers

    Early Goldenrod

    Early Goldenrod, also known as Solidago juncea, is a herbaceous perennial wildflower of the family Asteraceae. Once started, it requires little maintenance and grows…

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  • Hoary Vervain

    Hoary Vervain

    The hoary vervain, or Verbena stricta, is a type of herbaceous plant falling under the Verbenaceae family. The flowering plant is most commonly found…

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  • White Heath Aster

    White Heath Aster

    White Heath Aster is a bushy, compact plant with many branched stems smothered in sprays of small, daisy-like white flowers. These sprays are so…

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  • Lysimachia quadrifolia or Four-Flowered Yellow Loosestrife

    Four-Flowered Yellow Loosestrife

    The four-flower yellow loosestrife, or Lysimachia quadrifolia, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Primulaceae family. It is indigenous to Canada and the…

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  • Aloe vera in nature with orange red flowers

    Do Aloe Plants Flower?

    Over 500 species of succulent flowering plants belong to the genus Aloe. Houses, apartments, businesses, and other interior locations frequently have aloe plants. The…

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  • The yellow flowering stem of an Ohio GoldenRod

    Ohio Goldenrod

    Ohio Goldenrod (Solidago ohioensis) has a compact form that belies its large, exuberant floral display late in the season. It has flat-topped clusters of…

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  • Six bright purple slender blazing star flowers

    Slender Blazing Star

    Slender Blazing Star is an upright, clump-forming perennial with fluffy, purple flowers that bloom in late summer. It is best to plant it with…

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  • chokeberry fruit on their stem

    Chokeberry is a Desirable Shrub

    Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) produces fantastic fruit and it is easy to grow. This berry bush provides a second pleasure: It is an ornamental beauty…

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  • Top view of false solomon's seal plant with white flower

    False Solomon’s Seal

    False Solomon’s Seal boasts beautiful white blossoms, scarlet fruit, and fragrant petals. It is native throughout North America. It grows from 30 to 75…

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