Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...

In the 1700s, a young botanist scandalized some by discussing “birds and bees” of pollination, and awarding Latin names to ...

Plant up your containers now and enjoy them all winter long with these long-lasting flowers and foliage suitable for even the ...

The most pleasant perennial gardens are a combination of types. Most perennials bloom profusely during a specific season, such as spring, mid-summer or fall. Peonies bloom in late May through ...

Here is my pick of favourite perennials, shrubs and trees that will ... as the upright leaves turn from green to red-purple in autumn with a haze of purple-green spikelets adding further interest ...

The landscape designer Donald Pell believes using a wider palette with nonnatives from around the world can add joy to gardens.

Cleaning up the garden has been a fall tradition, but in recent years many gardeners are postponing it until spring.

Glyphosate (Killzall, Eraser) does a good job of killing this weed, but it kills the lawn grass as well — which is an issue.

But in fact the long-lasting flowers of many kinds of ornamental grasses are one of their great charms, effortlessly adding a ...