August 2026
Articles published during this month.
Shade Loving Shrubs: 8 Best Picks
Find the best shade loving shrubs for dark corners, learn to read your shade, and pick plants that thrive with very little sun.
Rain Garden Design: A Complete Guide
Rain garden design made simple: exact depth, sizing, soil tests, setbacks, and native plants backed by university and federal research.
12 Best Night Blooming Flowers
Discover the 12 best night blooming flowers, why they open after dark, the moths and bats they feed, and how to plan a glowing moon garden.
How to Build an Herb Spiral Garden
Learn how to plan, build, and plant an herb spiral garden with extension-backed tips on zones, soil, drainage, and winter care.
Flowering Ground Cover: 12 Best Plants
A flowering ground cover guide with 12 best picks for sun and shade, plus spacing, weed control, and invasive plant warnings.
Fall Blooming Plants: A Complete Guide
Discover the best fall blooming plants, when to plant them, and how they feed pollinators from late summer to the first hard frost.
Best Evergreen Ground Cover Plants
Find the best evergreen ground cover plants for sun or shade, plus how to plant, space, and keep them green and low maintenance all year.
Drought Tolerant Shrubs: 15 Water-Wise Picks
Drought tolerant shrubs that survive on little water once established. Get 15 water-wise picks, care steps, and zone-by-zone advice.
Cut Flower Garden: A Beginner Guide
Start a cut flower garden with extension-backed advice on sun, soil, spacing, succession planting, and harvesting for long vase life.
Best Shade Ground Cover Plants Guide
The best shade ground cover plants for dry, moist, and deep shade, with planting spacing math, native picks, and invasive plants to avoid.
Rodgersia Plant: Complete Growing Guide
The complete rodgersia plant guide covers light, soil, watering, top varieties, problems, and design for this bold shade perennial.
Privacy Hedge Plants: A Complete Guide
Privacy hedge plants that actually survive: expert-backed picks, spacing, disease realities, and design for a screen that lasts.
Nepeta Plant: Care, Varieties, and Growing
The nepeta plant guide to growing catmint: sun, soil, shearing for rebloom, top varieties, and cat and pollinator facts.
Ground Orchid Care Guide for Beginners
A complete ground orchid guide covering the tender and hardy types, light, soil, water, zones, and easy beginner care tips.
Best Fast Growing Hedge Plants Guide
Pick the best fast growing hedge with honest growth rates, spacing math, and expert advice on healthy, disease-resistant screens.
Best Erosion Control Plants for Slopes
Discover the best erosion control plants to hold soil on slopes and banks, backed by science, with planting tips and native picks.