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Seven of the Best New Trees and Shrubs of 2026

Upgrade your garden with the 7 best new trees and shrubs of 2026. Featuring blight-resistant boxwoods, flop-proof hydrangeas, and the stunning Midnight Express Redbud. Expert picks for every hardiness zone.

Trees & Shrubs

Seven of the Best New Trees and Shrubs of 2026

Weed Notes

How to Control Black Medic in Landscape Beds

Is Black Medic taking over your mulch? Learn how to identify this clover-like weed and the best ways to prevent it in flower beds and landscape borders.

Perennials

7 New Perennial Flowers for 2026 Gardens

Discover seven of the best new perennial flowers for 2026, including long-blooming, pollinator-friendly plants like crocosmia, agastache, and heliopsis.

Get Rid of Weeds

Don’t Share These Plants

Free plants from friends and neighbors can be tempting—but some pass-along plants can quickly take over your garden. Learn which aggressive growers to watch out for before you plant.

Division, Propagation & Seed Starting

How to Plant Bare-Root Plants

Learn how to plant bare-root plants successfully, from identifying healthy roots to soaking, planting depth, and early care for trees, shrubs, roses, and perennials.

Weed Notes

How to Control Corn Speedwell in Your Yard

Struggling with corn speedwell in your landscape beds or lawn? This complete guide explains how to identify, remove, and prevent corn speedwell so you can stop reseeding and keep your garden beds weed-free year after year.

Fruits, Veggies & Herbs

Seven New Edible Plant Varieties for 2026

Discover the most exciting new edible plant introductions for 2026, including AAS-winning kale and basil, compact container tomatoes, baby eggplants, and a columnar peach tree.

Weed Notes

How to Control Annual Bluegrass

Annual bluegrass (Poa annua) is a winter annual weed that sprouts in fall and produces seedheads in spring. Learn how to identify it, control it, and prevent it with the right timing.

Plant Browning & Dying

Five Ways Winter Weather Damages Plants (and What You Can Do About It)

Winter damage isn’t just about freezing temperatures. Learn five common ways winter harms plants—freeze damage, winter burn, frost injury, sunscald, and snow/ice breakage—plus prevention tips.

Pruning

Garden in Flux: Adapting to Nature’s Constant Changes

From overgrown shrubs to storm-toppled trees, learn practical strategies for keeping your garden thriving through nature’s constant shifts.

Landscape Design

Front Yard Refresh: 7 Fresh Ideas to Transform Your Home’s Curb Appeal

From pollinator gardens to bold containers, these trending front yard landscaping updates will make your home more vibrant and welcoming.

Get Rid of Weeds

Are Flame Weeders Effective for Killing Weeds?

Find out if flame weeding is the right solution for your garden, with practical tips on effectiveness, safety, and limitations every gardener should know.

Weed Notes

How to Control Yellow Foxtail Effectively

Tired of yellow foxtail creeping into your beds and lawn? Here’s how to spot it early and keep this pesky weed from stealing space in your garden.

Diseases

When Plants Get Disease

Summer’s warmth fuels more than just plant growth—it also creates the perfect storm for fungi, bacteria, and viruses that bring on plant diseases.

Landscape Design

Too Much Rain? Here’s How to Protect Your Yard from Summer Washouts

Tired of soggy gardens and soil erosion? These smart, water-wise landscaping tips will keep your yard beautiful and flood-resilient.

Get Rid of Weeds

Weeds That Spread by Seed and How to Stop Them

From clever dispersal tricks to mind-blowing seed counts, these weeds are built to multiply. Break the cycle with timely tactics that halt seeds before they start.

Weed Notes

How to Control Spurge Weeds

Are these weeds creeping through your garden? Learn how to identify, prevent, and control prostrate and spotted spurges before they take over.

Weed Notes

Prickly Lettuce: A Spiny Intruder in Your Garden

A wild ancestor of modern salad greens, prickly lettuce is a fast-spreading weed. Here's how to eliminate it in your garden.

Get Rid of Weeds

Homemade Isn’t Harmless: What to Know About DIY Weed Killers

The internet is full of 'natural' weed-killer recipes, but most lack scientific backing and can cause harm to plants, people, and the environment when misused.

Get Rid of Weeds

Weeds that Spread by Runners

Some of the most stubborn weeds spread by stealth—sending out underground or surface runners that root, popping up new plants as they go.

Landscape Design

How to Grow a Twilight Garden

Ideas for planting a garden you can enjoy when the sun goes down.

Get Rid of Weeds

5 Traits That Help Weeds Dominate

Discover weeds' survival secrets and how to keep them from taking over your garden.

Trees & Shrubs

10 Shrubs That Can Take the Heat

As temperatures rise across the country, these 10 heat-tolerant shrubs offer resilient beauty for gardens facing sizzling summer conditions.

Weed Notes

How to Control Puncturevine

Learn how to identify and control puncturevine, a persistent and adaptable weed notorious for its sharp seed burs and rapid spread.

Feeding & Watering

When and How to Fertilize Plants

How to tell what your plants need to thrive.

Animals

Plants that Deer Like Best

Have a problem with deer feeding on your plants? Here's a list of deer favorites you might want to cross off your gardening list.

Annuals

Seven of the Best New Annual Flowers of 2025

New annual plant varieties will bring fresh color and texture to your pots and garden beds this summer.

Weed Notes

How to Control Catchweed Bedstraw

This weed's stems are weak but its seeds will stick to your clothes like Velcro, helping them travel far and wide.

Trees & Shrubs

Seven of the Best New Trees and Shrubs in 2025

From a cold-hardy ornamental banana tree for the North to a hydrangea with a trailing habit, a variety of new trees and shrubs are debuting this year.

Get Rid of Weeds

Some of Our Worst Weeds Once Were Favorite Plants

Some plants now considered invasive were intentionally introduced to gardens.

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