Most perennials bloom profusely during a specific season, such as spring, mid-summer or fall. Peonies bloom in late May through early June, tall iris flower in mid-June, and garden phlox blossom ...

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 ...

If you think about it, having plants that burst into bloom in fall should be a gardener’s reward for putting up with all the summer season ... with herbaceous perennials that tend to get a ...

sphaerocephalon) show up just as early summer perennials such ... goes by many names, but all that really matters is finding some and adding these brilliant true-blue blooms to your summer garden.

The idea being that any plant has its uses if planted in the right place. Many of the undesirable plants we work so hard to keep out of our yards would be quite useful if we actually knew just ...

With daytime highs still in the 80s, you may think of this time of year as late summer ... cool-season bedding plants and fall-blooming perennials, trees and shrubs provide abundant flowers ...

Does that area get all ... flowers look incredibly delicate, but in fact they're rather hardy when grown in cooler temperatures. Their tiny flowers bloom in late spring and early summer with ...

“Viracocha” Daylillies in bloom. The easiest way to divide a perennial like day lily with ... less water and my own moss lawn stays green all summer. Marianne Binetti has a degree in ...

All recommendations within ... how much they’re still very much in bloom in Autumn. Val Bourne, garden writer and vice president of the Hardy Plants Society, told Sun Gardening: ‘there ...

It is best to replant evergreen or semi-evergreen cultivars in summer, after the primary bloom period has ... rainfall is not timely. Nearly all of our popular perennials require well-drained ...

Question: Do roses, strawberries and perennial flowers really need winter protection? Mine have always survived without doing anything special. Answer: Although all will usually survive without ...