Dry shade plants are often difficult to find for gardens. Native ginger, bottlebrush buckeye, and Solomon's seal are three plants that tolerate dry shade. It's important to water plants thoroughly ...

After a long winter, seeing the first blooms in your garden can be a real mood booster. If you want to enjoy flowers as soon as spring arrives, there are a few smart planting tricks you can try.

Fall is a good time to dig, divide and (if necessary) move garden perennials, since the high temperatures of summer associated with water stress have subsided. The cooler weather of September and ...

Are you searching for a perennial to grow in the fall for late-season color? Plant it now as fall arrives, and the dramatic red hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria) will adorn your yard with torch-like ...

A gorgeous evergreen that forms beautiful, double-cup-shaped purple-to-black blooms, this hellebore (Helleborus) variety grows in a bushy, upright clump. "Black flowers are often hard to photograph ...

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 ...

For a sustainable and eco-friendly garden, consider growing low-maintenance perennial vegetables.

Dear Master Gardener: I remember my grandmother having bleeding heart plants in her garden and would like to have some in my garden too. Is this a plant for sun or shade? What are some planting tips?

Fall is for planting and the end of August is the start of the fall season in Western Washington as night temperatures cool and nurseries restock with a fresh supply of trees, shrubs and perennials.

It seems that my Kentucky garden has seen nine days of gray rain for every 10 days on the calendar. Usually by the latter half of June, the ground is dry and cracked, I’ve gotten thoroughly frustrated ...

Depending on where you live, it may seem that your garden has seen nine days of gray rain for every 10 days on the calendar. Usually by the latter half of June, the ground near Louisville, Kentucky, ...