Herbaceous perennials, plants that return year after year, but lack the woody stems of trees and shrubs, are some of my favorite ornamental plants in the summer garden. Unlike their early season ...

One more reason to plant perennials is the wide range of available choices. You can find species that will thrive in wet or ...

This native perennial produces thin, needle-like green foliage that will help to fill borders in the spring and summer, ...

Designing an autumn garden can feel daunting for those without experience. Our professional gardener offers the best pink ...

You know fall has arrived when you start seeing potted Chrysanthemums in garden centers. Chrysanthemums, better known as mums ...

Wind, higher temperatures and sunshine are great indicators that the summer season is on its way. Summer’s drier soils mean ...

And now that the weather is cooling, I’m noticing that some of the plants we encounter along the way look nothing like their ...

The Whanganui Summer Programme will run in January as usual but with a reduced number of events, the organising committee has ...

It has now been three decades since the Flower Basket Program has made downtown Austin a beautiful place to visit in the summer, and it doesn’t look to be stopping anytime soon. Organizers of the ...

Most produce heads of lavender flowers from late summer into autumn and can tolerate soggy sites. Hailing from the Great Plains, this sunflower maxes out at 10 feet tall and, like a lanky cowboy ...

In this video Carol Klein plants exotic bulbs (Peacock flowers) and tubers (Begonias) in early April for late summer colour.