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.

Garden

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

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!

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.

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

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.

Growing and Caring for Camellias

The lisianthus — also called the Texas bluebell — grows as wildflowers in many grassland areas. The flowers come in many beautiful colors.

Your Care Guide for the Lisianthus

The weigela is the perfect shrub for someone who wants a low&#x2d;maintenance plant that repays your mild efforts with profuse blooms.

Weigelas Add Low-Maintenance Color to Your Yard

English ivy is a versatile addition to the yard and garden. It both spreads and climbs, making it an excellent groundcover or fence adornment.

Adorn Your House and Yard With English Ivy

Liriope is a tough species with pretty purple stalk flowers that spreads easily, making it an easy&#x2d;to&#x2d;maintain groundcover and border plant.

Growing Liriopes for Borders and Groundcover

Loropetalum chinense, the Chinese fringe flower, is a broadleaf evergreen with frilly flowers that add color along borders, walkways, and patios.

Loropetalum is An Easy-to-Grow Showstopper

There are few climbing plants as fragrant and beautiful as the honeysuckle. Some gardeners let this dramatic plant cover a whole wall or fence.

Honeysuckle Vines for Any Garden

Boston ivy is a hardy vine that just loves to climb. Plant it close to virtually any vertical surface and it will take grip and meander skyward.

Plant Boston Ivy for that Ivy League Look

There are many spider lily species in existence. None of them are true lilies, but their colorful blooms make them a popular choice for gardens.

Spider Lilies: Showy, Gorgeous, and Easy to Grow

Agave is a succulent with large, pointy, bluish&#x2d;green leaves. It is native to the Mexican desert but can also be cultivated indoors and in gardens.