February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

Whether you want to grow flowers to cultivate a beautiful yard or to create a wildlife wonderland full of bees and butterflies, the expense of purchasing nursery-grown plants adds up quickly. Luckily, ...

Many gardeners start vegetables, annual flowers and herbs from seeds, either indoors or directly in the garden. However, have you ever considered growing your own perennials from seed? Perennial ...

Gardening can be demoralizing if, after hours of sweaty work, your results are lackluster and your plants decimated by bugs or eaten by deer. Worse is when the flowers you did manage to coax into ...

Plant these beautiful perennials in the fall for a lively spring garden. Most of these perennials need to experience cold to ...

If you're the type of gardener who loves plants that practically take care of themselves, you no doubt appreciate the appeal of perennials. Unlike annuals that demand replanting every season, ...

Q: I read about sowing a perennial flower garden in the fall for spring blooms. Instructions said to remove old grass, prepare soil and cover with black plastic to kill all grass and weeds. Then after ...

Autumn is a great time to plant perennials in the garden. Discover gorgeous perennial plants that add autumn hues, winter foliage, and early spring blooms to the garden.

Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is an upright, clump-forming perennial, featuring purple flowers that bloom from mid-summer to early fall. Its leaves have a distinct licorice scent, adding ...