You need to have another perennial ready to grab that baton and start blooming as the prior one finishes. It doesn’t have to be contiguous. In fact, it’s cool if it isn’t. That lets interest in your ...

Artichokes can be grown as perennials or annuals, depending on your growing zone.

Some seedlings look great at the garden center but disappoint everywhere else.

A practical guide to perennial plants that deliver colour all year in Indian gardens, with sun, shade, and drought tolerant options.

Starting your first garden can feel like a big step, but the rewards are immeasurable. There’s a unique joy in watching a tiny seed sprout and grow into a beautiful flower or a delicious vegetable, ...

Not all perennials need full sun. This stunning plant brings color and eye-catching patterns to shady gardens in the right ...

Deer might be graceful visitors in the wild, but when they wander into your garden, they can turn prized blooms into a ...

FROM TREE CANOPY to herbaceous perennials, in sun and in shade, this year’s Great Plant Picks focus on garden plants that ...

"Compared with annuals, perennials offer long-term beauty, require minimal maintenance and provide a foundational landscape that evolves over time," writes columnist Tom Karwin.

Imagine, if you will, a wildflower farm where families come with their picnic baskets and coolers, watch their children gallop around the grounds, pick wild flowers that grow on-site, listen to an ...

By February, most of us are looking forward to the gardening season. Our plant catalogs are dog-eared and worn; lists of plants and seeds are being finalized and we are anticipating a new garden ...

Generous rains in December and early January made for early blooming hillsides and canyons. Already, hoary-leaf Ceanothus ( Ceanothus crassifolius) is showing its ivory-white colored flowers, soon to ...