Where to Plant: Full sun and well-drained soil. Plant this large perennial near the back of a border where it serves as a ...

A vibrant, dramatic driveway doesn't have to begin and end with pavers or gravel. Although it might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think about planting pretty flowers, driveway ...

Since New England asters can grow in most parts of the U.S., they are an easy way to add pollinator-friendly plantings into ...

DENVER — The perennial border is an English invention to group and display perennial plants. It can be adapted to almost any climate and works beautifully here. A perennial border can be straight or ...

Last year, I performed a radical act in my garden: I decommissioned the vegetable beds. That's right -- I knocked down the cover crops, raked off the square edges and neat rows of beds, and envisioned ...

When I became a serious gardener, I also became a more demanding gardener. I am always wondering how I can improve the layout of my garden borders to make them look more interesting. Garden borders ...

When a new perennial border is proposed, the first task is to evaluate the site thoroughly. What is the light like? How good is the soil? Will the new border integrate well with existing landscape ...

If only those lush mixed perennial garden borders we admire in magazines were as simple as “paint by numbers.” Mixed border design can frustrate even the most seasoned gardeners. The blending of ...

It’s showtime in the perennial flower border. The Oriental poppies, pink and blue pincushion flowers, bleeding hearts and hardy geraniums are vying for center stage and each plant is striving to be ...

If the garden bed is a feast for the senses as the English believe, according to landscape architect Scott Byron, then they did themselves one better by making the garden border their greatest ...

Last fall I traveled to Ireland and while there visited both Powerscourt and Loughcrew, both famous public gardens, not far from Dublin, that attract many visitors every year. From first appearance, ...