Every gardener knows that moment—the one where you look out the window, expecting your yard to be a lush, blooming masterpiece, only to discover that everything has given up on life except a single ...

A bare patch of soil rarely stays bare for long. Weeds move in, moisture escapes, and borders can look unfinished even when ...

Some combinations don’t make sense until you experience them – but these container plant pairings transform small spaces with ...

Evergreens should form the backbone of your front yard planting scheme, providing a focal point with one distinctive style on show or alternatively providing a framework against which other plants can ...

Guest Presenter Jac Semmler shows us how to pick plants for colour, texture, and beauty all year round. “When designing a garden, it's like creating a beautiful painting with colours and textures. I ...

A stretch of hot, dry weather can turn a lush yard into a patchy, stressed-out landscape surprisingly fast. Brown lawns, ...

One of the things that gardeners — and garden designers — keep in mind when designing gardens is texture. Although we might naturally think that texture is how something feels to the touch, in fact, ...

Plants for the garden are usually chosen for their structure, their colour or their stature. But how often have you visited the garden centre or nursery to search for a plant of the right texture?

The evergreen foliage of this low-growing beauty shifts from season to season, with new spring growth emerging a rich red hue before turning green for the summer. Autumn brings burgundy and purple ...