An interesting and well-behaved perennial, the balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflorus, acquired its common name due to the resemblance of its buds to a hot air balloon. Before its buds unfold and ...

Creating a lush flower garden year after year can be a challenge. Some beautiful annuals are sterile, which can leave you starting from scratch every year. Opting for perennials and self-seeding ...

The great attraction in growing perennial flowers is that you never have to replant them, at least in theory. This doesn’t make all perennials care-free, though. Few of them let you just sit back to ...

Every longtime gardener has a list of tough flowering perennials they consult when they need a dependable plant. My criteria for selecting the plants on this list are simple: They must be “tough,” ...