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 ...

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 ...

Choosing new plants is, in my opinion, the best part of planning a new border or container display. But before you begin sifting through catalogs or scrolling online stores, one of the key things you ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

These low maintenance perennials from dogweed to bleeding hearts should be added to your garden for easy care all year round.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As you're planning your garden this year—anticipating your beds brimming with perennials and plotting out ...

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 you were to imagine an ideal perennial, would it have dense spikes of tubular flowers that bloom from June to frost and don't require deadheading? Would it perform in the heat of summer and even ...

Some popular perennials make terrible neighbours. From plants clashing with watering needs to aggressive spreaders, some ...