One of the best ways to find new things to incorporate into a garden is to peruse the neighborhood at different times of year to see what plants are thriving. In mid- to late summer, some plants are ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

A series of queries from a new gardener wanting recommendations for Allium varieties reminded me that I wanted to tuck in a few more before it’s too late. The best time to plant ornamental alliums and ...

Hoping for beautiful flowers and lush foliage in your garden this summer? Consider adding bulbs to your beds. Most summer-flowering bulbs are native to tropical and subtropical climates and will ...

It can be hard to get plants to grow in shady gardens as they require lots of sunshine in order to thrive, but one gardener ...

Most gardeners like surprises — such as seedlings that come back spontaneously a second year, or flowers that look as if the life had been sucked out of them by winter frost budding during the first ...

There is something so lovely about being surrounded by flowers throughout the garden season. Any time I’m driving through town and see yards absolutely brimming with flowers, I know a contented ...

Irises are essential spring and early summer flowers that are grown from bulbs, offsets and rhizomes in a bewildering number of forms. They have six petals – three upright and three that curve ...

Iris reticulata (or dwarf irises) are also some of the earliest flowers to open up in Spring - as early as February - and are ...