Perennials are a wonderful way to bring color to your garden year after year, whether it's a sprig of lavender or a cluster of chrysanthemums. However, for many, growing flowers and vegetables in ...

The best perennial plants for pots are ones that offer a long season of interest and are winter hardy, so you can rely on them to return again the following summer. Perennials work really well for ...

Ever wish your garden could take care of itself and look even better each year? Perennials might be just what you need.

Perennials for cool season containers may seem like the proverbial horticultural oxymoron, but that is exactly what I have been planting the last few days in my zone 8a landscape. My favorite pansy ...

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley once wrote, “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” He must have been an optimist, like most gardeners. And now, as winter approaches, the most optimistic may want ...

Marketers are trying to start a new trend in gardening: planting perennials in containers. Advertisements showing annuals and perennials planted together in pots have been evident. However, I am not ...

While it may be too cold where you live to begin planting just yet , you can start thinking about different container gardens for the spring. Container gardening is a terrific way to grow annuals, ...

Many garden annuals can be brought inside for the winter and grown as houseplants. We asked some garden experts for their ...

Not every perennial is meant for a container—and even seasoned gardeners can be surprised by which ones struggle! While container planting has its perks (like easy portability), it can also restrict ...

Gardeners can get creative by planting beautiful decorative containers, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Certified professional horticulturist Meagan McManus from West Seattle Nursery ...

A showy new ornamental grass, a new dark-leafed succulent, and new disease-resistant phlox and beebalms headline the list of perennial flowers debuting in 2017. Let’s take a look at some the best of ...