While there are plenty of excellent plant options for growing in your shade garden, this low-maintenance fern offers a pop of ...

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, ...

If you’re at a loss, you’re not alone. Many people aren’t aware of the definitions, let alone the differences, between annuals and perennials. In short, it all comes down to flowers that come back ...

Who thinks of planting flower seeds this time of year? Not many gardeners. Yet now is an ideal time to plant perennial flower seeds. They'll only grow leaves and stems this year -- but next year and ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you're looking for a hardy, low-maintenance flower that grows low and looks beautiful, then geraniums ...

Chrysanthemums, more commonly referred to as mums, are brightly-hued flowers that will bloom and thrive in autumn.

A long-lived perennial from the milkweed family, butterflyweed is native to much of North America. This drought-resistant plant has a large taproot that stores water and nutrients, keeping the plant ...

Speedwell plants have a low, spreading habit and relatively shallow fibrous root system. Plants benefit from dividing every ...

It sounds too good to be true: a border of flowering perennials that you sow from seed, pumps out colour all summer, and in winter can be maintained with a strimmer and flame gun. But this was the ...

If soil is dry and cracked, moisture-stressed trees, shrubs and perennial flowers are more likely to be injured during the ...