Grasses, ground cover and more keep small gardens big on visual interest

Use climbing foliage and flora to blur garden planes, hide unsightly features and soften imposing landscape boundaries

Nourish butterflies and other winged creatures with the tubular flowers of Monarda fistulosa, a pretty pink native

Queen Victoria agave powers through tough desert conditions with its unusual beauty intact

Brilliant red blooms and inviting textures will capture your heart, but the low maintenance and small size will win over your practical side

Buttonbush is an adaptable woody shrub with delightful pincushion flowers

Switchgrass adds color through the year and is a natural ‘seed feeder’ for birds

Use plants to bring your pocket garden to life

Provide flowers and nesting sites in your garden for this beautiful, tiny, metallic blue wild bee — your plants will thank you

Vivacious orange flowers for you, nectar for the butterflies and bees. Asclepias tuberosa is worth planting for more reasons than one