Planting Ideas and Garden Maintenance

14 Low-Maintenance Plants for Easy Landscaping 30 Photos

Consider these easy-to-grow shrubs, trees, and perennials to create a worry-free foundation in your landscape. For each, we’ve included planting, watering, fertilizing, and pruning tips for every gardening zone.

Planting and Maintenance Topics

Planting Tips for Vegetables

The Best Vegetables for Your Garden 25 Photos

Planting and Growing Artichokes

How to Grow Rhubarb

How to Grow Corn

How to Grow Asparagus

How to Grow Carrots

Planting and Growing Bell Peppers

Planting and Growing Arugula

Planting and Growing Radishes

How To Plant and Grow Kale

Planting and Growing Eggplant

How to Plant and Grow Brussels Sprouts

How to Plant and Grow Broccoli

How to Hand Pollinate Zucchini When It Won’t Fruit

Zucchini 101: Planting and Growing This Super Squash

Companion Planting With Cilantro

Companion Planting for Eggplant

Companion Planting for Okra

Companion Planting for Zucchini

Companion Planting for Summer and Winter Squash

Companion Planting for Sweet and Hot Peppers

Best Companion Plants for Cucumbers

Companion Planting for Onions

Companion Plants for Carrots

Companion Plants for Beets

Companion Planting for Broccoli

How to Plant and Grow Sweet Potatoes

Planting Tips for Flowers

25 Bulbs to Plant in Spring for Summer and Fall Blooms 26 Photos

How to Plant, Grow and Care for Hibiscus

How to Grow and Care for Dahlias

How to Plant and Grow Marigold Flowers

How to Plant, Grow and Care for Cosmos Flowers

Begonias: How to Plant, Grow and Care for Begonias

How to Grow and Care for Pansies

Mums 101: When To Plant and How To Grow Chrysanthemums

How To Plant Flowers In Large Planters 13 Photos

How to Grow Daylilies

Growing Sunflowers: When to Plant and How to Grow Sunflowers

The Best Flowers to Plant in Fall 10 Photos

The Best Flowers to Plant in Spring 10 Photos

Staggered Planting: What It Is and Why You Should Be Doing It

Planting and Growing Yarrow

How to Plant Dahlias

Why You Should Sow Wildflower Seeds This Winter

'Limelight' Hydrangea Planting and Growing Tips

How to Choose, Plant and Grow Flowering Vines

Winter Wonderland: Adding Color to the Landscape

Create a Moon Garden

'Sarah Bernhardt' Peony

When Are Peonies in Season?

Itoh Peony

Sunflower Sprouts

How to Grow Roses

Peony Flowers: How to Plant and Care for Peonies

Planting Tips for Trees

Grow an Olive Tree

How to Plant a Tree

How to Plant, Grow and Care for a Fig Tree

How to Plant an Avocado Seed and Grow a Tree From a Pit

Japanese Maples: A Guide to Planting and Care

Ash Tree Guide: How to Grow This American Beauty

Can You Plant Apple Seeds From Store-Bought Apples?

How Far Apart Do You Plant Apple Trees?

Grow a Kaffir Lime Tree Indoors

Growing Satsuma

Growing Dwarf Fruit Trees

Sensational Sumac

Know Your Tree Roots

Fun Facts About Trees

The Carolina Silverbell

Growing Pecan Trees

How to Grow a Peach Tree

Low-Maintenance Apple Trees

How to Do Hardwood Cuttings

Q&A: Planting a Live Christmas Tree

Companion Planting Pointers

How to Plant, Grow and Care for Dill

Companion Planting With Cilantro

A–Z Advice for Companion Planting in Your Vegetable Garden 16 Photos

Companion Planting for Watermelon

Companion Planting for Eggplant

Companion Planting for Okra

Companion Planting for Zucchini

Companion Planting for Summer and Winter Squash

Companion Planting for Sweet and Hot Peppers

Best Companion Plants for Cucumbers

Companion Planting for Onions

Companion Plants for Carrots

Companion Plants for Beets

Companion Planting for Broccoli

Companion Planting for Potatoes

Companion Planting for Tomatoes

Companion Planting for Strawberries

What You Should Know About Biointensive Gardening

All in the Family: Three Sisters Gardening

Annuals That Grow Great with Roses 11 Photos

Transplanting Tips

How to Repot Houseplants

How to Transplant a Tree 11 Photos

How to Transplant Succulents

Know Your Tree Roots

Transplanting Hostas

How to Repot a Houseplant 15 Photos

Transplanting Irises

Transplanting Peonies

How to Transplant Perennials

Transplanting Perennials

Plants on the Move

Preparing to Move a Plant

Readers' Stories: Moving a Garden

Witch Hazel

Transplanting Climbing Roses

Showy Succulents for Warm Climates 7 Photos

Nine Months to the Perfect Nursery

Improve Your Soil

Regenerative Gardening Projects With Stephanie Rose 9 Photos

25 Things You Can Compost (Some May Surprise You!)

How to Turn a Galvanized Tub Into a Raised Garden Bed

Behind the Scenes in Martha Stewart's Vegetable Garden 7 Photos

When to Test Garden Soil for Lead Contamination and What to Do if It’s Present

DIY Recipes for Gardeners: Make Your Own Pest Control Spray and Soil Mix 8 Photos

Workplace Gardens: Growing Camaraderie, Collaboration and Team Spirit

How to Prepare Clay Soil for Sod

How to Make Your Own Seed-Starting Mix

How to Get Rid of Fungus in Garden Soil

What Is the Difference Between Potting Soil and Garden Soil?

Does Potting Soil Go Bad?

How to Make Your Own Potting Soil

How to Fill Your Raised Garden Bed 16 Photos

Best Soil for Succulents in Pots

How to Prepare Soil for a Garden

Can You Mix Potting Soil With Garden Soil?

10 Plants for Gardens With Acidic Soil 10 Photos

10 Plants for Gardens with Alkaline Soil 11 Photos

Reusing Potting Soil

How to Amend Garden Soil

14 Plants That Thrive in Clay Soil 14 Photos

Can I Reuse Old Potting Soil?

Testing Soil Drainage and Texture

How to Improve Clay Soil

When Is it Time to Plant?

Plants That Like Wet Soil

Keep Weeds Under Control

How to Identify 25 Common Weeds and Control Them 25 Photos

Best Way to Get Rid of Dandelions Permanently

Make Your Own Natural Weed Killer

How to Kill Crabgrass

21 Edible Flowers: Weeds and Flowers You Can Actually Eat 22 Photos

How to Get Rid of Weeds

Cool-Season Weeds 13 Photos

Warm-Season Weeds 14 Photos

Edible Chickweed: Here Chicky, Chicky, Chickweed

Wild Man: A Meddlesome But Toothsome Weed, Dandelion

How to Get Rid of Creeping Charlie

How to Defeat Bermuda Grass

How to Reclaim a Weedy Yard

Weeding Out Weeds

How to Control Nutgrass and Johnsongrass

When to Apply Herbicides

Q&A: Killing Dollar Weed

Beneficial Clover in Lawns

Q&A: Japanese Stiltgrass

Dealing With Garden Pests

How to Get Rid of Crickets

How to Get Rid of Wasps

How to Get Rid of Spiders

How to Get Rid of Moles and Voles

How to Get Rid of Carpenter Ants Before They Cause Harm

Humane Ways to Get Rid of Groundhogs and Keep Them Away

44 Common Garden Pests 45 Photos

How to Get Rid of Spider Mites

How to Get Rid of Gnats in Your Home and Garden

13 Ways to Get Rid of Slugs in the Garden

How to Get Rid of Earwigs

How to Get Rid of Mice

How to Grow and Care for Euonymus

6 Ways to Prevent Animals From Eating Flowering Bulbs

How to Keep Chipmunks Out of the Garden

How to Get Rid of Chipmunks

How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles

12 Animal Enemies of Your Garden 12 Photos

How to Get Rid of Aphids

How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies

How to Get Rid of Chiggers

How to Get Rid of Ants

How to Get Rid of Flies

How Do Carpenter Bee Traps Work?

Natural Ways to Protect Your Plants from Pests

How to Rescue a Rose

Typical Tomato Problems + What To Do About Them 10 Photos

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Getting the Most Out of Vegetable Gardens

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These tips will teach you how to reap bigger, better and more plentiful produce.

How to Hand Pollinate Zucchini When It Won’t Fruit

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Are your zucchini plants producing flowers but no vegetables? They might need help pollinating. It takes just a few minutes to hand-pollinate squash plants and it is easy to do.