Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...

Fun fact: A mature Itoh peony plant can produce 50(!) or more flowers in one spring season. With their enormous flowers, vigorous growth and leafy foliage, they’re total showstoppers. These delicate, ...

When the chill of fall hits, many gardeners are already dreaming of spring and planning what they are going to add to their flower beds. And often, planting and other garden projects aren't actually ...

Yet another perennial worth starting in January, sedums (or stonecrop, if you prefer) are succulent‑like plants with clusters ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Spring in Colorado is grand if you’re OK with switching between a heavy jacket and a tank top. We never complain about spring rain or even snow since all ...

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...

Pink spring beauties are ephemerals that sustained the earliest Americans, and selection pressure may hold the clue to color variation Pink or Rocky Mountain spring beauties, Claytonia rosea, were ...

WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA — We couldn’t call it an April Fool's joke as that snow came on April 2. Sure made a mess out of everything out in the farm yard and gravel roads. Guess it was too much to ...

Pink or Rocky Mountain spring beauties, Claytonia rosea, were blooming early in May on Flagstaff Mountain. Slender stems 3 to 6 inches tall were topped with one or two flowers one-fourth to ...

With fall in full swing, sunny spring days and flowers may not be the first thing on your mind. However, while the approaching colder weather may feel like a sign to store away your garden tools for ...