These low maintenance perennials from dogweed to bleeding hearts should be added to your garden for easy care all year round.
When the warm weather hits, most of us find ourselves spending a lot of time outdoors. With more time outside, we may want to make our surroundings as pretty as possible. Luckily, that's easy to do ...
No matter where you are in your gardening journey — whether you're a complete novice, someone who's dabbled with houseplants, or an experienced gardener — the desire for a thriving outdoor space ...
A little gardening effort this January will pay off tenfold when the warmer weather ...
With longer days, more sunshine, and backyard fun, it's no wonder that summer is the favorite season of many. And nothing quite captures the spirit of summer like colorful flowers brightening up the ...
There is only one flower used in the age-old "love me, love me not" petal plucking tradition of childhood. It is the daisy, the signature of the composite family where all flowers share the same ...
Earlier in spring, I discussed new gardeners and gardens. I also wrote about the use of self-seeding annuals, which can help new gardeners as they learn this hobby. Here, I will make some suggestions ...
A winter-tough, silver-leafed lavender, a coneflower with unusual orange-pincushion flowers and a purple-leafed coralbells with leaves bigger than your face are among the more interesting new ...
If you want to get a gardener’s attention, just mention the words “new variety.” It seldom matters whether it’s a new tomato, a shade tree or a flower; it’s hard to resist the allure of a shiny new ...
These flowers will thrive in sunny gardens and will return year after year with bright, colorful, easy-to-care-for blooms.
A flaming orange coneflower, a non-invasive miscanthus grass, and some of the longest-bloomers yet are among the interesting new perennial flowers ready to hit the market in 2018. Growers, local ...
Warm summer days strolling through my gardens and local parks with my grandchildren bring back fond memories of my youth growing up in the Catskill Mountains. I would spend hours exploring the ...