Get beautiful blooms and herbs in summer by starting these choice garden picks from seed in spring

Choose from more grass varieties and save money over sod by starting your lawn from seed

Beneficial insects go wild for this drought-tolerant plant’s summer flowers, while seed heads feed critters foraging in the cold

Stately New York ironweed attracts pollinators with its blooms at the end of summer and birds with its seeds in fall

See how to start edibles from seed, then transfer the seedlings to a box on stilts to make harvesting more fun

True blue and adored by hummingbirds, blue sage is easy to grow from seed in a sunny fall garden

Plant goat’s beard in perennial and woodland gardens. Its large white spring blooms attract bees, beetles and butterflies

Find plant maps, sale sites and guides that make going native in the garden easier than ever

Its ethereal beauty comes from complex forms and wide-ranging colors, but columbine’s benefits are highly attractive too