A garden flourishes when it has both annual flowers and perennial flowers. Annuals give you a chance to grow plants outside your hardiness zone, to experiment with different plants, and to put in some ...

A little gardening effort this January will pay off tenfold when the warmer weather ...

Like its name suggests, the uniquely shaped bee balm is basically irresistible to bees—as well as hummingbirds and butterflies. The fringed and aromatic petals that come in purple, pink, and red can ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

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 ...

Whether you maintain a home garden, botanical garden, community garden, or any other garden, dividing perennials can be a great way to keep plants healthy and augment the size of your garden.

Perennials with pests or diseases, or those you don't want to self-sow should be cut back in fall. Leaving perennials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bare-root perennial plants often intimidate container gardeners because they arrive looking fragile or sometimes even dead, but it ...

Although many areas need rain, this has been a tremendous fall for gardening. Extended weeks of frost-free weather have given us more time to enjoy the autumn beauty of our perennial gardens. The most ...

These plants are ideal for practical, lazy gardeners. The perennial is long-lived, easy to care for, and dazzling during the ...