Many plants that are a familiar part of our home gardening landscape may not cope with the hot dry summers and excessive winter wet that are becoming more common with changing weather patterns.

Planting flowering perennials in the fall garden is an easy way to enjoy more color and beauty come spring. But some gardeners may be concerned about planting things too late. If perennials have gone ...

Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials, and we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced ...

When August melts into September, nights are suddenly noticeably longer, while flowering perennials seem to grow wilder, to compensate. One of the greatest gardening pleasures of this cusp-season is ...

Are there niches in your landscape that you’d like to fill with flowering plants? Well, don’t focus solely on woody shrubs. Broaden your options by considering herbaceous perennials. Here, in Central ...

Take a look around and you’ll see that many flowering perennials are beginning their fall bloom. One of the greatest admirers of these plants is the hummingbird, along with other pollinators. This is ...

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.

Q. I planted some flowering perennials this spring and they really looked nice for a couple of months. Now the flowers are all brown and dried up and the bottoms of some of the plants look kind of ...