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Plant Growing guides

Transform your garden into a stunning oasis with help from our plant experts. Whether you’re trying to spruce up your existing garden or starting from scratch, we’ll help you to choose the perfect plants, teach you how to care for and nurture them, and make your brown thumb green. Happy gardening!

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Christmas Cactus

Why Is My Christmas Cactus Not Blooming? 7 Reasons and Fixes

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Kristine Lofgren

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Epiphytes and Air Plants, Tillandsia

How to Grow Tillandsia Xerographica Air Plants

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Kristine Lofgren

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Poinsettias

How to Care for Poinsettias After the Holidays

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Kristina Hicks-Hamblin

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27 Flowering Bulbs That Don’t Need Chilling

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Lorna Kring

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How to Grow and Care for Baby Toes Succulents

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Kristina Hicks-Hamblin

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Gasteria

23 of the Best Types of Gasteria Succulents

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Kristina Hicks-Hamblin

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Growing Veggies

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Growing Fruit Trees

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Growing Herbs

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Growing Flowers

Cultivated ornamental grasses and sedges growing next to flowers.
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Grasses and Sedges

Multicolored leafy bedding plants including coleus and hostas in a garden.
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Foliage Plants

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Growing Berries

Arrowhead plant in wicker covered pot.
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Houseplant Care

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Growing Shrubs

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Landscape Trees

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Nut Tree Care

Wisteria vine with purple blooms growing on a rock wall.
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Growing Vines

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Cacti and Succulents

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How to Grow and Care for Baby’s Tears

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Hellebore

How to Grow Hellebores in Containers

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Tips for Growing Bishop’s Cap Astrophytum Cactus

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How to Grow and Care for String of Pearls

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Hellebore

When and How to Prune Hellebores

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How to Grow and Care for Spring Starflowers

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Freesia

When and How to Plant Freesia Bulbs

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General Succulent Care

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Gasteria

Tips for Growing ‘Little Warty’ Gasteria

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Bromeliads, Epiphytes and Air Plants, Tillandsia

How to Grow and Care for Tillandsia Sky Plants

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How to Grow and Care for Gasteria Succulents

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How to Grow and Care for Astrophytum Cacti

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