Sedum plants are one of Martha’s favorite low-maintenance yet elegant additions to her garden. They can be used throughout ...

As a professional gardener, I have grown Japanese spurge in many private domestic gardens across the UK. In a short space of ...

Being a homeowner is a blessing, but a lot of work and responsibility goes into maintaining your house – inside and out.

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...

Here are 24 perennials and shrubs whose evergreen foliage remains attractive during the winter, so they still look good even ...

Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’ is a perennial that flowers from spring to autumn, useful as an edging, or in large ...

Summer annuals are not your typical cover crop species choice, but they can work well in specific growing scenarios such as ...

These late-blooming perennials are a keystone plant, providing beauty and food. Learn where to best plant them and how to ...

Bulbs can be combined with other flowers to give a longer season of color. They can be planted in annual flower beds as soon as frost kills them or freezes the flowers. Then as the bulb flowers start ...

Go with stone fruits (peach, plum, etc.), avocado, and citrus. Avoid tropical things such as papaya, mango, and cherimoya.

It’s also the right time to sow native plants, such as milkweed, and ground covers that need cold for seeds to stratify (the ...

The thrum of crickets, cooler air, the aroma of fallen leaves, and a touch of color in the trees usher in the onset of autumn ...