Plant guides
Not sure what belongs where? Start here.
Our plant guides are made to help you choose plants with confidence — whether you're working with full sun, part shade, a shady corner, a pollinator garden, or a completely blank patch of earth.
Everyone has a green thumb.
By plant
What we grow, and what each one asks of you.
- Herbs Ten kinds on the bench, all happy in a pot by the door.
- Blueberries Five varieties, chosen so they ripen in sequence.
- Hydrangeas Four kinds, and the pruning rule that keeps them blooming.
- Mums 201 pots, six colors, grown here from summer plugs.
- Quince The first thing to bloom, on bare branches, in February.
- Perennials The plants that come back — and how to layer them.
- Roses Eight Drift® roses — the low, tough, no-spray kind.
- Camellias Evergreen structure all year, flowers when nothing else has any.
By question
The things people ask us in the aisle.
- Sun, Part Sun & Shade How much light you actually have, and how to tell.
- What Blooms When A bloom calendar, so something is always happening.
- Seasonal Color What to plant for each turn of the year.
- Pollinator Favorites Plants that feed bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
- What Should I Plant in the Fall? Why fall beats spring for most of what you want to plant.
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