When gardeners think of spring-blooming bulbs, the top four plants that come to mind are crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and ...

As spring awakens and the days begin to stretch, gardeners eagerly anticipate the first blooms of the season. However, for those with shady gardens, it can sometimes feel like the options are limited.

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 ...

Easy Spring Flower , Growing Tips, for Gardening Beginners. 'Newsweek' recently offered readers who don't have green thumbs ...

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 ...

Perennials with pests or diseases, or those you don't want to self-sow should be cut back in fall. Leaving perennials ...

“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 ...

What a joy to see some perennial color in early spring. I have a few early blooming perennials that are lovely now while others are just beginning to break through the ground. I have several ...

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...

I prefer to leave perennials up for winter interest in my garden at home and then cut them back in spring. The spring gardening season is very busy for me and there have been some years when I did not ...