Category - Perennials

The phrase “In the springtime, everyone is a gardener,” has been attributed to writer Elizabeth...

Few plants can bring a taste of the tropics to temperate gardens quite like ginger lilies or...

Native dahlias found in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala are the genetic source for the modern...

People often tell me that they would happily add more southeastern native plants to their...

Few flowers are as evocatively beautiful as the big-flowered clematis hybrids.

Bees are the “A Team” of pollinators. Nothing and nobody pollinate plants better than bees.

During the dead of winter, our senses long for the summer ahead. I use this time of the year to...

Golden paperbush, winter jasmine, camellias, winter daphne…we have plenty of flowers we love for...

Many people shy away from growing amaryllis for the holidays, concerned that these are too finicky...

In her authoritative book on gardening with bulbs, Louise Beebe Wilder cautions us to “never...

Add Color, Fragrance and Food to Your Fall Garden Mums will always be requisite in the fall garden...

For an imposing garden accent, one that is totally deer proof, look no further than a Crinum lily...

In late July through August, my garden runs on its own like a family of ten kids. I’ll give the...

Peonies are among the showiest of spring garden flowers, and although they are mainstays of...

Ferns are much beloved in gardens for the lacy texture they provide and for their deer resistance...