If you’re interested in transforming your garden with native perennial plants, there is no better time. The fall provides a unique opportunity to get started with native plants. There’s less weed ...

Dividing perennials helps rejuvenate plants, ease overcrowding, and expand your garden. While it's not for every plant, it's key to keep a healthy garden growing.

Gardeners rave about this delightful ground cover, and it's no wonder. Catmint (Nepeta spp.) offers a long list of positive attributes that make it an attractive choice for your landscape. The genus ...

From the reliable blooms of catmint to the midsummer glory of daylilies to the late season color of Japanese anemones, perennials return for many years, add beauty to our gardens, and attract ...

My perennial flowers are getting crowded. Is this a good time to divide them? Now is a good time to divide and move most perennial flowers. However you might want to wait for some of the late bloomers ...

A well maintained garden with a variety of shrubs. - Virrage Images/Shutterstock September is the best time to put on those gardening gloves and give your favorite plants, including barrenwort ...

I may be summer-blooming perennials' number one fan. I love a plant that, when given the right type of care, fills my garden without having to be propagated, purchased, or planted every year. Oh, I'll ...

Starting in mid-July and through the fall is a time of the year when even the most inexperienced gardener can practice vegetative propagation of new plants from existing plants. For most gardeners, it ...

Readers often send me pictures of flowers they want identified. They don’t know that they can simply snap a picture on their cellphone and then click on it, push the ID gizmo and identify what it is.

Perennial plants are those that come back year after year from their own roots, giving gardeners an option to grow flowers and grasses without having to plant new ones each spring. Perennials have ...

In the fall, plants start to go dormant and focus on growing strong roots. “I think in the transition to native plants, there’s just such an excitement of all the life you’re bringing into your yard." ...