“My work schedule has been keeping me out of my perennial garden and now I will be on vacation until early April. Will I be too late to clean up the garden without damaging the perennials? Do you have ...

Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...

Fun fact: A mature Itoh peony plant can produce 50(!) or more flowers in one spring season. With their enormous flowers, vigorous growth and leafy foliage, they’re total showstoppers. These delicate, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spring in Colorado is grand if you’re OK with switching between a heavy jacket and a tank top. We never complain about spring rain or even snow since all ...

Believe it or not, many gardeners continue to plant perennials well into the fall. Many bulb varieties can still be planted as late as November, including tulips, hyacinths, bluebells, grape hyacinths ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... What’s the one spring garden chore that costs you nothing, and yet earns you free plants? If you answered dividing perennials, then give yourself a nice pat ...

Do perennial flowers reduce a gardener’s work? Perennials do eliminate the need to replant every year, but they’re not work-free, and that’s good. Gardening isn’t just about the end results, it’s also ...

September is an ideal time to plant perennials, and what a wide selection there is to choose from. The weather is cooler as we hit September, but the soil is still warm from summer, and there is ...

Experts agree that fall is generally the best time to plant perennials. Growing zone and the type of perennial can influence whether spring or fall is best. However, not all perennials benefit from ...

I admit that I am drawn to stunning swathes of blooming perennials. The drawback to a major color show is that many of these plants fizzle out at about the same time. The most successful perennial ...