OK, I’ll admit it — I’ve always had a love affair with cannas. When I was growing up in Southern California, cannas were a landscaping staple. The large varieties were used in formal plantings at ...

Fall is the best time to plant spring-flowering bulbs and native plant seeds that benefit from cold stratification, like milkweed and bee balm. However, fall planting is not recommended for certain ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As summer winds down, the flowers in your garden might be looking a little tired and faded. But you don’t ...

Canna lilies are a tender perennial. Meaning in their preferred environment, zone 8-10, they will grow year-round. Here in Michigan, if we want to grow our cannas from one year to the next, we have to ...

There are so many perennial plants that will bring timeless beauty to the garden for years, from gorgeous, heavily scented hyacinth to lush and colorful roses. Filling your yard with perennials, ...

Perennials are plants for the landscape that live more than one year. Most of the perennials that we rate as desirable offer color for the landscape. The advantage of decorating your landscape with ...

Most gardeners think about planting bulbs this time of year rather than digging them up. But some flowering perennials are not hardy enough for our climate and must be lifted from the soil and their ...

Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate -- nitrogen and soluble ...