Garden Experiments

Succulent Window Planters Idea

If you have a shallow window sill, about 3.5 or 4 inches, you can still add some plants to brighten up your room. The window sill in one of our bathrooms is wide enough for a very small pot; it’s the perfect size for succulents that don’t require a lot of watering or grow too

How Do Frogs Survive in Winter? By Freezing!

Have you ever wondered what happens to the frogs in your backyard in winter? From 64 degrees during the day to 20 degrees at night, the following day is a dramatic change. Frogs are cold-blooded animals and derive their body temperature from the air surrounding them. So, at 20 degrees, will they freeze and die?

How to Grow Blue Mistflower – Get Lavender Flowers in the Fall

In late summer, pockets of lavender color begin to appear along the sides of roads, at the edge of streams, in old fields, and in wetlands or other moist-soil areas. These fuzzy lavender-colored flowers belong to the blue mistflower, also known as wild ageratum, a plant native to the central and southeastern U.S. Adding blue

How to Grow and Care for Swamp Sunflower – Helianthus angustifolius

In the middle of summer, the bright yellow, showy flowers of swamp sunflower light up my garden. This perennial’s flowers keep blooming into the fall. It’s late October, and I still have bright yellow flowers that add some fall color to my yard. We have a patch in our backyard that stays wet most of

Best Native Shrubs for Fall Color

Fall is a great time to enjoy the beauty of nature in your garden. Native shrubs offer a wide variety of foliage colors, colorful berries, textures, and shapes that will add interest to your yard all season long. Add a few native shrubs for fall color into your landscape! Witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) In late

MAKE YOUR GARDEN SPECIAL

Find the gardening information and guides to create backyard habitat for wildlife, butterflies, and hummingbirds; learn more about native plants; or find the perfect plant to fit in your garden using the links below.

NATIVE PLANTS

BACKYARD WILDLIFE

WILDLIFE HABITAT

PLANT FINDER TOOL

PROJECTS & IDEAS

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