31 Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
Insects are the most abundant animals on earth. Many people seem to think that all bugs are annoying pests, although most bugs don’t have any…
How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Heliotrope
You may have noticed in your gardening adventures that some flowers seem to follow the sun across the sky. Sunflowers, for instance, will turn…
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Wallflowers
Wallflowers Overview This plant belongs to the Brassicaceae family and the Erysimum genus. Plant Type Herbaceous perennial, annual, biennial…
21 Oregon Native Wildflowers – Epic Gardening
A wildflower is truly wild. These plants are Oregon native species that thrive in wild landscapes without human intervention. As native plants…
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Bush Lilies
Bush lilies are a stunning plant in the Amaryllis family. Like many other plants in this family, they can grow indoors and outdoors, provided…
7 Tips for Growing Bountiful Flowers in Raised Beds
Raised beds have always been a great way to control your soil and keep closer tabs on your vegetable garden. But they aren’t just great for…
19 Native Plants With Beautiful Flowers
Before hybrid tea roses and climbing clematises of every color, there were native plants. Natives thrive with little intervention, and their…
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Climbing Roses
Climbing roses take the garden to new heights in color, fragrance, and scale. The Rosa genus holds over 150 species, with numerous cultivars…
How to Train Climbing Roses
You probably already have the perfect climbing rose (or roses!) picked out for your garden. Maybe you’re working with an established rose that…
9 Reasons to Embrace the Wild Violets in Your Lawn
A lush, well-maintained lawn is typically the goal for homeowners, but is the obsession with a pristine monoculture of grass worth it?…