Even if you have an in-ground garden, you should grow some plants in pots 🪴 ...

These perennials find the average garden too wet, too dry, too fertile, or too stifling. Many of these plants also f ...

Shrubs are a key aspect of a complete, balanced landscape design, adding height, texture, and often, more than one season of interest to your garden. While there are many shrubs to choose from, ...

Now is the best time to plan your warm-weather garden.

It's easy to understand why gardeners choose to litter their plots with perennial plants. Different from annual plants, which have to be re-planted every year, perennials continue to bloom for several ...

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 ...

Once temperatures start dancing around freezing, it's time to prepare your perennials for the winter season. Protecting ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

If your spring and early-summer perennials are overgrowing their spaces, blooming less, producing smaller flowers or flopping ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

It is advisable to mulch perennials, shrubs, newly planted trees, fruit, and some vegetables in fall, but not Mediterranean herbs, succulents, cacti, or irises ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...