Edible Plants

From cherry tomatoes to butternut squash, you can grow a whole cornucopia right in your own backyard — if you know how. The Habitat takes you through the finer points of raising vegetables and fruits in your garden. Your grocery store days could be coming to an end!

Garden

Whether gardening to you is planting flowers, growing vegetables, or pruning shrubs, The Habitat answers all your spade and soil questions!

Ornamental Plants

From flower beds to patio pots to hanging planters, decorative greenery and flowers can spruce up any yard and home and are often easy to care for.

Gardening

Gardening: a chance to get outdoors, dig in the dirt, and grow your own vegetables and flowers. Check out our tips!

Outdoor Living

Whether your yard needs work or is already an oasis, we've got the best patio inspo and firepit plans — we'll help you elevate your time outside.

Landscaping

All the details on how to get rid of backyard pests, prune your shrubs, and choose the best plants for a gorgeous green outdoor space of any size.

The lobelia's vibrant purple and red flowers are a summer garden staple. These beautiful bellflowers bring color and wildlife to every flowerbed.

Welcome Color and Wildlife with the Lobelia

The desert rose's wide pink&#x2d;striped flowers and bonzai&#x2d;like trunk make it a favorite among those willing to give it the care and attention it needs.

Growing the Dramatic Desert Rose

The purple heart plant has deep purple foliage and delicate lavender petals. It is drought&#x2d;resistant and an eager spreader, great for groundcover.

Growing the Valorous Purple Heart

While pest control is certainly the most well&#x2d;known merit of the citronella plant, it brings much more to the table than that.

Growing Citronella is More Rewarding Than You Think

The bell pepper plant is less sensitive to growing conditions as some plants and can be enjoyed while green and when mature. They also freeze readily!

Enjoy Bell Pepper Plants From Your Garden

Holly shrubs are also available as climbing plants and trees. Many varieties have bright red berries that add interest in the winter months.

Adding Holly to Your Garden and Home

The luffa plant is perhaps best known for the sponges made from it once it matures. When harvested young, it tastes similar to summer squash.

Grow a Luffa Plant to Make Your Own Loofah

Epsom salt can add magnesium to soil that is lacking in this important nutrient. Using too much or adding it unnecessarily can also harm your garden.

Using Epsom Salt in Your Garden

Elderberry is popular in jams and wines, but the frilly white flowers and easy&#x2d;going nature makes them a great visual addition to your landscape, too.

Respect Your Elders: Growing an Elderberry Plant

The tall stalks of pampas grass are easy to tend, and the fluffy fronds offer an attractive alternative to privacy hedges or fences.

Adding Pampas Grass to Your Garden

Growing boxwood shrubs is a versatile, low&#x2d;maintenance way to add year&#x2d;round color and interest to your yard. They make great border hedges.

Adding Boxwood Shrubs to Your Garden

Camellias are a showy addition to your garden. In the right climates, they are a low&#x2d;maintenance way to add bright, season&#x2d;long color around the yard.