The garden is dusted with snow and covered in dog prints and bunny tracks. Cardinals and blue jays are feasting on small burgundy fruit stubbornly clinging to the “Camelot” crabapple tree. The tree is ...

Welcome shorter days and longer nights with colorful late blooming fall perennials that light up your flower garden.

If you want plants that will survive under harsh conditions without much attention, look at landscaping around commercial and governmental buildings, highway roadsides, and medians. These landscapes, ...

A garden flourishes when it has both annual flowers and perennial flowers. Annuals give you a chance to grow plants outside your hardiness zone, to experiment with different plants, and to put in some ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Before shopping for shade flowers, watch your garden at various times of day. Full shade is considered 3 ...

What do you do when there’s more shade and shadow than sunshine in your garden? While your plant selections will likely differ from those chosen for a sunny spot, there are still plenty of beautiful ...

Next up in my series celebrating April as Native Plant Month are those that thrive in sunny landscapes. One of my favorites is yarrow, a tough, drought-tolerant perennial that does especially well in ...

If you want to keep deer and rabbits out of your garden, try planting this drought-tolerant and low maintenance plant. Its ...

The shady areas around our homes are pleasant, but often, they are bare spots devoid of flowering plants. Many perennials, annuals, and shrubs can brighten up those partially to fully shaded areas ...

Cold nights arrive, weekends shrink, and watering cans gather dust. Yet your beds could still brighten, harden up, and quietly spread. As November settles ...

If you're looking for a native woodland plant that spreads without taking over and offers lots of seasonal interest, try this ...