I am a confessed blooming perennial junkie. These reliable plants return year after year, filling my garden with color with very little effort on my part. Sure, I'll go for some annuals for containers ...

Tired of your garden looking dull halfway through the summer? Many gardeners struggle to keep their gardens vibrant as the season progresses. The solution lies in choosing the right plants.

Although roses remain favorites for suffusing your summer garden with intoxicating fragrance, there's only so much of their sassiness a gardener can tolerate. Luckily, there are a myriad of ...

Planting a variety of perennials and annuals in the garden is always a good idea, but get more bang for your buck with long blooming perennials. These varieties of perennials are known for a long ...

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Herbs. Red valerian or Jupiter’s beard (Centranthus ruber) is a long-blooming perennial from the western Mediterranean that will spread throughout your garden with the greatest of ease. Its mildly ...

Hi Eileen, This is a subject that would take some time to research. Under the pines is an especially difficult area. Most people I know who've been successful have turned to ground covers such as ...

Yet another perennial worth starting in January, sedums (or stonecrop, if you prefer) are succulent‑like plants with clusters ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...