Perennial mallows, with their silky blooms, are well-favoured plants for cottage gardens ... Because of this, remember to wear tough gardening gloves when cutting them back.

While gardeners love to commiserate about how many plants they’ve killed, the truth is that the vast majority of plants ...

Many gardeners cut back their perennials much too soon in early fall and miss out on the late-season interest.

As fall envelops the garden, many a gardener's thoughts turn to preparing for winter and cutting back perennials that may now ...

Dividing plants is an easy way to increase the number in your garden, as well as keeping your existing perennials looking and ...

Cut back yellowing foliage on hardy perennials such as daylilies, crocosmia and asters. It will make the garden look tidier and stop pests from using the leaves as shelter over winter.

Hydrangeas have specific pruning needs and those differ among different varieties. Here's how to know what type of hydrangea ...

Seed catalogs are out, and it’s time to select spring garden plants, with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and squash being the popular choices. These are all grown as annuals, plants that grow for ...

Answer: There are lots of fabulous perennials for the shade, but if I have to narrow it down to three, it is Hosta, ...

A multi-season garden can provide positive benefits ... I’d like to know which perennials should be cut down to the ground as winter approaches and which ones can be left alone.