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 ...

Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...

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

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), also called common yarrow, is a fast-growing perennial with tall stems, fern-like leaves, and small clusters of flowers. “This sun-loving perennial, available in a ...

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 ...

If you’ve been itching to get your hands in the garden, the good news is that May is the perfect time to get planting. Most USDA zones are safe from the threat of frost this month, meaning that many ...

Perennial flowers have come a long way since early pioneers beautified their homesteads with peonies, hollyhocks and old-style daylilies and iris. Planting rhubarb was probably the first priority, but ...

All gardeners are busy gardeners, and finicky plants that need special attention and constant tending just aren't a good choice for our active lifestyles. The good news is: that you can plan your ...

Perennials are plants that live for three or more years. The word perennial describes non-woody plants that reliably survive winter cold and are grown for their attractive flowers or foliage. In the ...

The first dark-leafed astilbe with purple flowers, a red-blooming delphinium, and a native alternative to salvia and lavender top the list of interesting new perennials debuting in the 2023 growing ...

When gardeners get together to buzz about their plants, the talk often turns to perennials, those exotic, sometimes expensive mainstays that can provide color and texture to beds and borders. They are ...