Pruning is an important task to help ensure plant health and keep the perennial garden thriving. In my work as a professional gardener, I try to observe the recommended guidelines for pruning shrubs ...

Most of my favorite plants are herbaceous perennials. I love trees and shrubs, and could not live without my short-lived annual flowers. But the variety of plants that excite and dazzle me for nearly ...

You can still plant beautiful perennials in your garden, even in the July heat. However, if you plan to do so, it's important to know which plants will thrive under these conditions—and which will ...

This time of year, tons of free plants are waiting for you to claim them—and they’re sitting right in your own yard. It’s one small upside to fall yard cleanup: All those perennials you’ve been ...

If you want monarch butterflies to flutter through your garden, you have to entice them with a tasty snack. And there is little tastier to butterflies than the aptly named butterfly weed (Asclepias ...