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Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) is a stunning perennial with silvery-gray foliage and lavender-blue flowers. It ...

It’s not just trees and shrubs that need pruning. Flowering perennials, annuals and bedding plants will make more flowers, better quality blooms or bushier plants with the odd nip and tuck.

Wildflower meadows are one of the UK’s most beautiful landscapes. True wildflower meadows are made up of perennial flowers that come back year after year, supporting a huge range of wildlife. Planting ...

tall iris flower in mid-June, and garden phlox blossom in July, for example. By carefully combining types that bloom during each season, the perennial garden is constantly flowering, and forever ...

This will help keep vigorous species under control and encourage good root development by any perennial flowers. In future years, mow until early April but then leave any further mowing until late in ...

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 ...

With their rosettes of green leaves and heads of round—often “eyed”—blooms, primroses remain among the most charming of the perennial flowers for shade. With their rosettes of green leaves ...

Two teenage boys who pulled plants out of a flower bed have been brought back to repair the damage they caused. Staffordshire Police identified the youngsters responsible for ripping the blooms ...