Northeast Gardening176 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Actaea Racemosa
Elegant flowers top black cohosh in summer woodland gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Tsuga Canadensis ‘Bennett’
Bennett Canadian hemlock thrives in shade and provides sculptural interest in eastern U.S. gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Lonicera Sempervirens
Grow this long-blooming, flashy flowering vine to cover a fence or arbor and attract hordes of hummingbirds all season long
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Asclepias Incarnata for a Butterfly Garden
Beautiful swamp milkweed makes it easy to help monarchs and other pollinators in eastern U.S. gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Juniperus Squamata ‘Blue Star’
Need some blues in your garden? Discover Blue Star juniper
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Corylus Americana Awakens the Woodland Garden
Plant American hazelnut for three seasons of interest and to feed our furry and feathered friends
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Comptonia Peregrina
Though not a fern, sweet fern sure smells sweet and thrives in tough spots where many shrubs and ferns cannot
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Ceanothus Americanus
Thriving in lean soil and attracting the good bugs, New Jersey tea is a boon to full-sun areas of the garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Gentiana Andrewsii
If you’re a fan of closed flowers every autumn, then today is your lucky day!
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Tradescantia Ohiensis Adds Shades of Blue
This reliable, adaptable U.S. native provides spider-like foliage and clusters of blue to purple flowers in Eastern gardens each spring
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Picea Abies ‘Nidiformis’
Bird’s nest spruce pulls its weight in the winter garden by providing structure and interest
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