These flowering hardy perennials and bulbs do well with fall planting, which allows them to get established before blooming ...

Birds and butterflies will flock to your yard when you plant this sun-loving perennial flower that thrives in damp soil and ...

Want to try butterfly gardening? Plant butterfly host plants to give caterpillars food and a place to grow through their lifecycle.

There are now six varieties in the Luminary series, Ultraviolet, Opalescence, Sunset Coral, Pink Lightning, Backlight and ...

Garden verbenas are divided into two basic categories - annual verbenas and perennial verbenas. Annual verbenas (Glandularia x hybrida) are used as cool season bedding plants grown from March to ...

Other nectar-producing plants: One of the most interesting plants in the garden is the dwarf porter weed. It bears short pieces of bright red bloom on weeping stalks from a mound that grows to ...

The Perennial Plant Association has chosen butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, as its 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year. You might wonder at the choice of a plant with “weed” in its name, but ...

If you plant now you should wait till March to fertilize the plant. It is a good idea to fill in flower beds with perennials now. They will be so much stronger and bloom longer next spring and summer.