Protect garden plants from cold temperatures, drying winds, and occasional freezes by providing insulation, protecting roots, ...

Protect your garden from frost with these easy tips. Prep now to extend your growing season and shield tender plants from ...

If you missed the fall planting window, here's how to protect plants in their nursery pots so they survive until spring.

Dividing herbaceous perennials in the fall is an easy way to create new plants for your garden. A herbaceous perennial overwinters as a fleshy underground mass that can be cut into smaller pieces to ...

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, ...

A blanket of snow can turn your yard or garden into a winter wonderland, but heavy snow can cause damage to perennial plants, ...

Prepare seeds and transplants a few weeks before you plan on putting them in the ground. There are plenty of perennials to pick from, so always start looking at local wildflowers first. If you want ...

The plant blooms from early summer to early fall with the most profuse number of flowers in mid-summer. With a long tap root (it’s a member of the carrot family!), it’s drought-tolerant and actually ...

WASHINGTON — Native perennials are a win-win when it comes to landscaping here in the D.C. region. Native means they are native to the area, and support our local ecosystem like birds and butterflies.

Do you know why the flower went to the dentist? It needed a root canal. Flowers don’t need dentists, of course, but humans do come in handy for other flower tasks. For example, most perennials thrive ...

Q: I have several perennials that look very healthy but have stopped flowering. Should I divide them? How can I do this without killing the plant? When an otherwise healthy-looking perennial plant ...

Learn how to plant, care for, and force the bulbs of your paperwhites. They're great gifts for the holidays or all year long.