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Transplant Shock: How to Avoid Stressing New Plants

Every new plant faces some transplant shock. Learn how to reduce it with the right timing, planting depth, deep watering, and mulch so your plants thrive.

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Starting Small: Why Quart-Size Perennials Might Be the Smartest Plants You’ll Ever Buy

A quart pot might look modest on delivery day, but it’s often the most practical, cost-effective, and surprisingly powerful way to plant a landscape that fills in beautifully, and keeps getting better with every season.

The Beauty & Ease of Growing Peonies

Peonies are the kind of perennial that make a garden feel established, elegant, and unforgettable. With lush blooms, timeless charm, and surprisingly easy care, they’re a plant-once, love-for-years addition to almost any sunny landscape.

Build a Winter Birdscape—Berries, Cover, and a Backyard That Stays Alive All Season | Woodie's Picks

When the garden goes quiet, birds don’t leave—they adapt. With layered plantings, berries that linger into winter, and a little restraint with fall cleanup, your yard can become a true cold-season refuge. Here’s how to design a landscape that feeds, shelters, and sustains birds long after the flowers sleep.

Why Choosing Your Ship Date Is the Smartest Way to Prep for Spring

Pre-ordering plants is smart—but choosing when they arrive is smarter. Learn how picking your ship date aligns delivery with your microclimate, your calendar, and the first perfect planting weekend of spring.

Woodie’s Picks: Four Flowers To Order Now To Enjoy Early Spring Color

Ready for a garden that bursts into color before spring fully arrives? These four early blooming perennials are worth ordering now for a beautiful, low-stress start to the season.

Woodie’s Picks: Landscape Plants That Never Go Out of Style

Trends may come and go, but some landscape plants never lose their appeal. Explore Woodie’s top picks for classic, low-maintenance plants that bring lasting beauty, structure, and value to any outdoor space.

Garden Design and Planting Trends for 2026

From fragrance-forward plantings to calming color palettes and micro gardens, discover the garden trends shaping 2026 and how to bring them to life in your own outdoor space.

Woodie’s Picks: Late Winter Blooms To Hold You Over Until Spring

Can’t wait for spring to see flowers in bloom? Discover the beauty of late winter blooms that add color, fragrance, and joy to the garden when you need it most.

Woodie’s Picks: Our Most Popular Plant Picks of 2025

From football-field-sized forests to pollinator-friendly blooms, see how your favorite plants made a big impact in 2025 and explore Woodie’s best-selling garden picks to inspire your 2026 plans.

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