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 ...

There are lots of ways you can dress up your landscape, and the details make all the difference. Your choice of garden edging for lawn and garden borders is one detail that can help unify the whole ...

Gardeners often spend a lot of time deciding where to plant perennials, considering things like color, shape, and texture. Knowing the mature height of your perennials is key to choosing the best ...

As a new gardening season begins, avoid these common missteps to keep your perennials healthy and your borders beautiful. Gardening mistake No. 1: Buying perennials in full bloom While it is tempting ...

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 ...

Even perennial purists can't deny that annuals are color powerhouses. Planted in the border, they provide playful pops of color when perennials are on a blooming break. However, keeping the garden in ...

DENVER — The English invented the perennial border, but it has nothing to do with climate. It's just a way of grouping plants, including perennials, bulbs and shrubs. While my borders are in straight ...