Gardening in the Northeast

These overlooked beauties have earned kudos from gardeners in your area. Give them a try!

Plant easy-care flowers specifically chosen for Mid-Atlantic gardens. They’ll reward you with ample blooms.

Easy-care native plants make gardening easy. If you love low-maintenance color, try these plants.

Take a tour of a gorgeous Massachusetts garden that’s filled with outdoor-living beauty and function.

Tour the garden of garden writer Anne Raver in central Maryland. An organic paradise!

If you love birds in your garden, add bird-friendly plants to your yard. Feed the birds naturally!

Amp up the color (and drama!) in your fall garden with these vibrant bloomers.

The sweet fragrance of flowers! Here are the best flowers to add scents to your garden.

Butterflies are gluttons for nectar. So the best way to entice them to your garden is to feed them.

Mix edible plants with ornamentals and you’ll have a bed that’s as delicious as it is beautiful.

Get the lawn of your dreams -- with our lawn care calendar specifically for the Northeast.

Hardworking and hardy, these plants will bloom their hearts out with little assistance from you.

Are deer nibbling your landscape? Try these plants! Deer will wander on by your garden.

Grow your own fruit for pies, tarts, and cobblers. Meet easy-to-grow apple trees.

Petal-packed, fragrant roses are easy to grow. See which ones excel in your region.

No rain? No problem! These drought-tolerant plants can take a little dry weather.

As the temperature ramps up, these heat-tolerant varieties will keep on performing.

Lay the foundation for a successful garden! It’s going to be a great gardening year!

Spring chores inside and out will keep you gardening while winter winds down.

There’s lots of things to do in the garden this month! Get growing!

Spring is in full tilt! Get outdoors and get planting. Here’s a list of what to do this month.

May is the busiest month of the gardening season! Plant containers with flowers and edibles.

Roses, iris, and other late-spring bloomers hit their stride this month. And summer arrives!

Keep gardens well-watered as the heat ramps up. And it’s harvest time, too.

Relish the garden this month: It is at its peak, so reap harvests of flowers and veggies.

There’s much to do: lawn maintenance, bulb planting, deadheading.

The cool temperatures of autumn make gardening (and fall chores) a treat.

Tackle outdoor gardening chores this month: It’s time to put the garden to bed. Plus, more planting.

Inside and out, there are gardening activities to do: snow maintenance, bulb forcing, and more.