Let us spice up our landscapes. Our landscapes are overrun with a limited plant palette. We must diversify the landscape. In this landscape series, “Diversify the Landscape,”we are exploring unique ...

Welcome shorter days and longer nights with colorful late blooming fall perennials that light up your flower garden.

Most Shasta daisies are perennials in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5 through 9. Their white petals and yellow centers give them the classic daisy look. Shasta daisies have a lengthy blooming season and ...

It’s May and the growing season is in full swing. Many people are looking to spruce up their landscape or redo their container gardens. An excellent way to add year-round color to your landscape is ...

Why did the gardener bury a $100 bill beneath each new perennial? The tag said they needed rich soil. Dollar bills might add a little organic matter as they decompose, but it’s not necessary to bury ...

As we eagerly wait for spring to arrive, it is time to plan and design your landscape with a diversity of living colors. Herbaceous perennials offer a wide variety of colors, textures, shapes and ...

When it comes to tough, adaptable plants for the landscape, ornamental grasses can’t be beat. Their shapes and textures blend into any style of garden, and their long-lasting seed heads and foliage ...

Advances in ecology increasingly reveal that conventional agricultural practices have detrimental effects on the landscape ecology, creating problems for long-term sustainability of crops. Ecologists ...

Fall is the best time of year to plant, and it certainly is a prime time right now for planting trees, shrubs, perennials, and many other types of plants. Temperatures are cooler, the soil has been ...

Perennials never go out of style. They show up in sensational shapes – from spikes and mounds to the delicate and demur. Perennials offer ever-changing colors and textures. Some live in the sun; ...