14 Low-Maintenance Plants for Easy Landscaping 14 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

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Planting Tips for Vegetables

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

Companion Planting for Potatoes

Companion Planting for Tomatoes

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

How to Plant, Grow and Care for Tomatoes

How to Plant and Grow Onions

How to Grow Onions From Scraps

Veggies You Can Plant in Mid-Summer

How to Grow Red Potatoes

How to Grow Potatoes in Containers

How to Grow Celery

How to Grow Asparagus From Seed

How Far Apart Should Tomatoes Be Planted?

How Long Does It Take for Tomato Seeds to Germinate?

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

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Planting Tips for 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

Dahlias: How to Care for, Plant and Grow

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

Planting Freesia, Anemone and Hyacinth

'Limelight' Hydrangea Planting and Growing Tips

How to Choose, Plant and Grow Flowering Vines

Plant-able Promotions!

Winter Wonderland: Adding Color to the Landscape

The Franklin Tree

The Pussywillow

Southern Belle: Magnolia

Benefits of Self-Sowing Plants

Lantana Camara: Texas Lantana

Sunflower-Planting Tips

How to Choose Planting Companions for Roses

Orchids

Growing Orchids

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Planting Tips for Trees

How to Plant, Grow and Care for a Fig Tree

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

Growing 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

Grow A Little Fruit Tree

A Guide to Growing Palms

A Cherry Blossom Dessert Recipe

The River Birch

The Paper Birch

The Horsechestnut Tree

Southern Belle: Magnolia

Sensational Sumac

Know Your Tree Roots

Fun Facts About Trees

Olive Tree Growing Tips

Test Your Peach I.Q.

The Eastern Red Cedar

The Carolina Silverbell

The Atlantic White Cedar

Growing Pecan Trees

Grow an Olive Tree

How to Plant a Tree

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Companion Planting Pointers

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

Companion Plants for Old Roses

Keeping It Real: Organic Planting Tips

How to Choose Planting Companions for Roses

All in the Family: Three Sisters Gardening

Annuals That Grow Great with Roses 11 Photos

Veggie BFFs: Companion Planting for a Healthier Garden

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Transplanting Tips

How to Repot Houseplants

How to Transplant a Tree 11 Photos

How to Transplant Succulents

Know Your Tree Roots

Repotting Orchids

Transplanting Hostas

How to Repot a Houseplant 15 Photos

Transplanting Irises

Transplanting Peonies

How to Transplant Perennials

Transplanting Annuals

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

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Improve Your Soil

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

Fun Facts About Garden Soil

Using Coffee Grounds in the Garden

Reusing Potting Soil

How to Amend Garden Soil

Growing Veggies? Test for Nutrients, pH Levels, Toxins

Growing Veggies? Check Soil’s Drainage and Composition

The 411 on Soil Types

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

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Keep Weeds Under Control

How to Kill Crabgrass

Make Your Own Natural Weed Killer

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

Best Way To Get Rid Of Dandelions Permanently 10 Photos

Grow Guide: Preventing Weeds

Fast and Easy Weeding Tips

Weed Beater: Dandelions

How to Handle Unexpected Weed Growth

Cool-Season Weeds 13 Photos

How to Kill Weeds Without Hurting Your Garden

Warm-Season Weeds 14 Photos

Edible Chickweed: Here Chicky, Chicky, Chickweed

Wild Man: A Meddlesome But Toothsome Weed, Dandelion

How to Kill Creeping Charlie

10 Types of Weeds 10 Photos

Tips for Harvesting Edible Weeds and Flowers

Weed Wars

How to Defeat Bermuda Grass

Improve Weed Control by Mulching

How to Reclaim a Weedy Yard

Weeding Out Weeds

How to Control Nutgrass and Johnsongrass

When to Apply Herbicides

Taming the Dandelion

Q&A: Killing Dollar Weed

Beneficial Clover in Lawns

Q&A: Japanese Stiltgrass

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Dealing With Garden Pests

How to Grow and Care for Euonymus

6 Ways to Prevent Animals From Eating Flowering Bulbs

44 Common Garden Pests 44 Photos

How to Keep Chipmunks Out of the Garden

How to Get Rid of Chipmunks

10 Ways To Deal With 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 to Get Rid of Gnats

How to Attract Bats to Your Yard

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

13 Ways to Handle Houseplant Problems 13 Photos

Our Best Tips for Controlling Mosquitos This Summer

How to Make a Carpenter Bee Trap

Build Your Own Carpenter Bee Trap 11 Photos

Preventing Bulb Pests

Green Room: Keeping Critters Out with a Stylish Garden House

24 Bad Bugs: America's Most Wanted 24 Photos

12 Ways to Banish Pests Without Chemicals 12 Photos

Voracious Japanese Beetles

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