Be sure to include these classic flowering shrubs, climbing roses, and, of course, a magnolia tree for your elegant southern garden.
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How to Have a Traditional Southern Garden

Tips for Fresh Hydrangea Bouquets and Dried Floral Arrangements
Hydrangeas are among the most stunning cut flowers. Get tips for when to cut, how to make them last, and how to dry hydrangea blooms.

Tips for Peony Perfection With this Heirloom Shrub
Long-lived and handed down through generations, no wonder it's a perennial, aromatic favorite of gardeners, florists, brides, and bouquet lovers.

Tips for Planting Your Garden in the Ideal Location
Do you know your garden's ideal location? Determining full sun and shady locations before you plant will maximize your gardening success.

Tips to Attract Butterflies to Your Garden
Invite majestic swallowtails, skippers, monarchs, and more with these tips for what attracts butterflies to your garden.

Tips to Attract Lightning Bugs or Fireflies to Your Garden
Want to attract fireflies to your yard to entertain you on a summer evening? Find tips to attract captivating lightning bugs.

Tips to Plant and Grow a Cutting Garden
Expert tips to plan and start your cutting flower garden, maximize the blooms for bouquets, and ideas for plant selection.

Too Hot for Japanese Maples? Watering Tips for Acers
Watering tips for Japanese Maple trees when the heat of summer threatens to deprive these valuable, beautiful Acers of much needed hydration.

Top Must-Have Garden Plants for Spring
Favorite spring perennial garden plants as chosen by our customers. Easy-to-grow, long lasting blooms highlight these excellent flowering landscape selections.

Vernalization: Why We Still Need Winter
Some cold weather spring bulbs and perennial flowers require a cold, dormant period in which they go through a process called vernalization. What is it?