A lovely landscaped garden with paving stones, different plants and bark mulch - Brebca/Getty Images If you're on the lookout for a new ground cover to add to your recently established flower beds and ...

Perennial flowers are a gardener’s best friend, returning year after year with little maintenance. But some bloom for only a few weeks before fading away. If you want color that lasts all season, ...

Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials, and we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced ...

Every longtime gardener has a list of tough flowering perennials they consult when they need a dependable plant. My criteria for selecting the plants on this list are simple: They must be “tough,” ...

Are there niches in your landscape that you’d like to fill with flowering plants? Well, don’t focus solely on woody shrubs. Broaden your options by considering herbaceous perennials. Here, in Central ...

Planting flowering perennials in the fall garden is an easy way to enjoy more color and beauty come spring. But some gardeners may be concerned about planting things too late. If perennials have gone ...

Add some altitude to your garden with these pollinator-favorite tall perennial flowers! Choose from coneflower, blazing star, ...

The calendar says Thanksgiving is just weeks away, but with temperatures well above normal and no rain in sight, only the colorful red, orange, and yellow foliage reassures us that fall has arrived.

Often, the first perennial to bloom is Lenten rose, which show flowers in late February or early March. Johnson County Extension French impressionist Claude Monet said, “I must have flowers always and ...