Time and again, salvia comes up as one of the easiest perennials to grow. And to add another jewel to its crown, you can plop ...

May is a fantastic time to add plants to flower beds and containers for bright flowering displays. While many gardeners will head to the garden center to pick up some ready-to-go plants, the most cost ...

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, ...

These are the best full-sun perennials, according to gardening pros. Many full-sun perennials attract pollinators such as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're eager to start enjoying the beautiful splendor of flowering plants as soon as possible, you need one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like its name suggests, the uniquely shaped bee balm is basically irresistible to bees—as well as hummingbirds and butterflies.

Many gardeners start vegetables, annual flowers and herbs from seeds, either indoors or directly in the garden. However, have you ever considered growing your own perennials from seed? Perennial ...

Not only does this herbaceous perennial plant smell great, but it will attract butterflies, birds, and bees into your yard.

Weeds are a hassle that have to be handled nearly every time you garden, but if you want to make life easier, this perennial ...

While chewing the cud with my old friend Locke Larkin of Great Barring-ton, we ruminated over the virtues of starting plants from seed. For years, Locke has been collecting seeds from the many plants ...