Discover Your PerfectGarden Plants
Discover plants and where to plant them. Find the perfect native plants, herbs, flowers, and vegetables for your garden.
Featured Plants
A selection of our finest flowers, herbs, and vegetables
Forget-Me-Not, Chinese
FlowersHighly productive easy-care annual with adorable, delicate sprays of blue blossoms with scalloped petals around a blue center.
Learn more →Basil, Lemon
HerbsLemon-scented basil variety with a bright citrus aroma perfect for teas, salads, and seafood dishes
Learn more →Cantaloupe, Hale's Best
VegetablesEarly-ripening muskmelon with orange flesh, exceptional flavor, and good disease resistance
Learn more →Garden Planning Tips
Expert advice for growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers
Know Your Growing Season
Pay attention to "days to maturity" when selecting vegetable varieties. Cool-season crops like peas and spinach can be started in early spring, while heat-loving plants like tomatoes and peppers need warm soil after all danger of frost has passed.
Companion Planting
Certain plants benefit each other when grown together. Plant basil near tomatoes to improve flavor and repel pests. Marigolds deter many garden pests when planted throughout the garden. Herbs like dill and cilantro attract beneficial insects.
Succession Planting
Extend your harvest by planting small amounts every 2-3 weeks. This works especially well for lettuce, radishes, beans, and other quick-growing crops. When one planting finishes producing, the next is ready to harvest.
Plan Your Garden Layout
Our Garden Designer tool helps you visualize your garden layout with realistic plant spacing based on actual growing dimensions.
- ✓Select from standard garden bed sizes or customize your own
- ✓Place plants with proper spacing (each cell = 6 inches)
- ✓Zoom in/out to work with gardens of any size
- ✓Automatically save your design to your browser
