A shade garden is a green and contemplative refuge. It can also be a botanical calendar, with flowers signaling the change of ...

Gardeners Swear By Bee Balm—Here’s How to Keep It Thriving originally appeared on Dengarden.

To be fair, landscape fabric has its place. Unfortunately, it’s widely misused in most home landscape applications, where it ...

Ground covers, perennials, shrubs or even a slender tree would be easier to care for and could add color, texture and interest to a smaller yard.

Radical cutback of old or damaged foliage not only usually yields new foliage but can encourage a second round of bloom in ...

Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan Garden Club's statewide feature writing contest. Her "An Itinerant ...

Bloody cranesbill is a perennial geranium that grows enthusiastically with little care, particularly once established. It can tolerate drought and doesn't need deadheading, unless you want to ...

The Alpena Garden Club’s Summer Garden Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, featuring seven beautiful local ...

As far as summer perennials go, catmint is at the top of horticulturist Christine Froehlich’s list for pruning. "The number ...

Heidrich’s Colorado Tree Farm Nursery is located at 7440 Templeton Gap Road in Colorado Springs and been serving the region ...

Tufted hairgrass, with its shifting colors and texture, is the latest pick for Seattle Grows, a feature where designers name ...

Regardless of how heat-tolerant your perennials are, it's always a good idea to plant them in the early morning or evening during July—never during the warm afternoons. Also, make sure to water more ...