Add beautiful winter interest to your garden with these perennial plants. Many perennials fizzle out in late autumn, shedding leaves, dropping stems, and receding underground for a long winter's nap.

A perennial garden covered with frost in the winter. - Wiert nieuman/Shutterstock As you prepare your garden for winter, you may look around and see perennial beds full of dead flowers and wilted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jason Donnelly Mint plants are easy to grow, fragrant, and come in several tempting varieties. But is mint a perennial or do you ...

As the saying goes, money can’t buy happiness. But money can buy plants, and plants make us happy; therefore, money can indeed buy happiness, as long as you spend your money on plants. Perennials are ...

There’s lots to do in the garden, but you can take one thing off your list. Although it won’t necessarily be neat and tidy, gardeners and ecologists recommend leaving perennial plants – including ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...

In simpler times, container gardening was small-scale landscaping using flowering annuals. Enjoy their color for one season and go with something new the next. But shifts toward food production and ...

The wide temperature swings we have been experiencing lately could end up causing havoc in our gardens if it continues into the winter. The problem is a soil condition known as frost heaving. It ...

This week’s preview of winter gave outdoor perennial potted plants a rude awakening. This sudden winter burst is a timely reminder to start overwintering potted plants. Why take time to protect potted ...

Many perennials fizzle out in late autumn, shedding leaves, dropping stems, and receding underground for a long winter's nap. Thankfully, there’s a whole host of these come-again plants that dazzle ...