Northeast Gardening 176 Stories

Plant a 'Grace' smoke tree for months of red, burgundy and purple foliage and an unusual spring bloom

Gold Foliage Great Design Plant: Feather Reed Grass

Use this ornamental grass for height, color, texture and motion in your landscape

Gardening Guides Great Design Plant: Walker's Low Catmint

Prolific purple blooms, fragrant leaves, and cold-hardiness makes this a go-to plant for almost any garden

Gardening and Landscaping Great Design Plant: Bald Cypress

Enjoy this beautiful tree's feathery foilage, fall color and tolerance of wet and dry soils

Northeast Gardening Northeast Gardener's July Checklist

Fire up your garden with sun-loving yellow and red blooms to put you in a party mood for outdoor summer fun

Gardening Guides Northeast Gardener's November Checklist

Let titian foliage and berries, silky milkweed, late-blooming asters and more lure you out into the autumn garden

Gardening Guides Northeast Gardener's June Checklist

Tote out garden ornaments, unleash your color passion and glean inspiration from the many Northeast tours

Gardening Guides Northeast Gardener's August Checklist

It's hot in the August garden! Cool off with airy grasses and tactile plants that catch the breeze

Regional Garden Guides Northeast Gardener's October Checklist

Go for the gold, get ready for frosts and note your garden combos that looked great

Foliage Great Design Plant: 'Forever Goldie' Arborvitae

By Karen Chapman

As soft as a teddy bear, this golden conifer adds year-round interest to the garden

Gardening Guides Northeast Gardener's May Checklist

Tiptoe through the lupines or dance under a flowering tree; warm weather brings abundant garden wonders to behold in the Northeast U.S.