Growing Great Peonies in Your Garden
One of the loveliest early summer blooms in my garden is the peonies. This is a historically rich and easy-to-grow plant, one that deserves a home in every modern garden.…
Beautiful Perennial Plants section. All about perennials, flowers, and bushes, growing and caring for them.
Purple Coneflower: Growing Conditions and Use
Purple Coneflower, AKA Echinacea purpurea, is one of the most delicate perennial flowers for late summer and early autumn. It belongs to the Compositae family, which is simply a botanist's…
Ornamental Onions: 5 Alliums You Can Grow in Your Garden
If you think onions are only good for cooking, think again. There is a whole group of plants called ornamental onions or alliums that are related to onions but produce…
How to Grow Ajuga Reptans (Bugleweed)
Ajuga (genus Ajuga, Lycopus virginicus), AKA Ajuga Reptans, Blue Bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Bugle Weed, Carpet Bugle, is one of the most common perennial ground covers, and with good reason. It is a hardy plant –…
Perennial Ground Covers
Perennial ground covers are plants that; are reliably perennial – they live from year to year andgrow relatively quickly to cover the ground. Ground Covers Come With Warnings The advantages…
Propagate Lamium Purpureum Cuttings (Dead-Nettles)
Lamium, also known as Dead Nettle, is a well-behaved ground cover that isn't a severe garden thug. It's easy to edge in the spring and won't turn into a weed.…
Agastache Blue Fortune: Propagating and Growing
I'm looking at my seedling trays in late March; I see the Golden Agastache has popped up. I note this is much to my surprise, as I’ve never grown this…
Growing Hibiscus Plants: 10 Great Tips And More to Grow And Care Hibiscus
Hibiscus plants are huge bushes with colossal blooms in a rainbow of hues. They may be trained to grow into fairly tall trees that bloom year after year because of…
Zone 5 To Zone 9 Perennials: Best Fruit and Nut Trees to Grow
Growing fruit trees remains the perfect way to get fresh fruit right at your doorstep. There is nothing that is tastier than a fresh apple or peach picked right off…
Gerbera Daisies: Ultimate Guide on How To Grow and Care For Gerbera Daisy
Whether you are growing them indoors in pots or the outdoor flower bed, gerberas are easy to grow and care for. Gerbera daisies (Gerbera jamesonii) are considered an annual plant…