What: Navy-blue flowers are the hallmark of this lungwort. A harbinger of spring, Pulmonaria ‘Bendiction’ is excellent when planted with other early-blooming perennials like wood anemones, Anemone ...

Now that summer is past, we are looking at our gardens, thinking about updates, revisions, and major changes. For many of us, one of our goals is to ensure our gardens are filled with color. We want ...

Seek out species that are naturally small or cultivars that have been bred to stay compact, rather than fighting plants that want to grow big. Here are three to start: 1. ‘Jolly Bee’ geranium ...

Homeowners with busy lifestyles and smaller yards search for neat and tidy plants that don't take a lot of time to maintain. They want pretty flowers on compact mounding perennials with foliage that ...

Angelonia, or summer snapdragon, is a South American native easily grown as a tender perennial available in lavender, purple, pink, raspberry and white. The multibranched plants, about 18 to 22 inches ...

The amount of plant breeding and plant breeders seems endless. But will a newly developed cultivar behave the way it is designed? Will the perennial revert back to a parent plant in the cross? Will it ...

Guest after guest at last month's garden tour in my yard paused over the small mounding perennial with the kidney-shaped, glossy green leaves. "European ginger," was my oft-repeated reply. "Here, let ...

Native plants are very popular these days, and most folks will choose a native plant over an introduced one whenever they have a chance. Native plants, however, aren’t always the be all and end all of ...

That can be true, because one of the best ways to discourage weeds is to put plants you like better there first, especially ones that cover the ground densely. With your choices taking up space, there ...

Maybe you might have imagined the perfect perennial: one that is neat at all times of the year, one that blooms for 12 months, one that self-cleans – meaning that you never, ever need to deadhead it – ...