Blue might not seem like the sort of color that crops up regularly in a native garden, but you’d be amazed! Here we round up ...

These produce foot-tall spikes of blue star-shaped flowers that open from the bottom up from May into early June. They’re ...

The saddest areas are the shady spots of your garden, particularly the understory (the space under your big trees), as ...

This month is a great time to get planting perennials and last week I suggested some good varieties for sunny spots that are ...

Volunteers worked all summer to get plants ready for the fall plant sale, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 12.

Glory of the snow ( Chionodoxa luciliae) is another plant that can survive winter outside. A bulb perennial, it can often ...

The plant most commonly sold in nurseries as the citrosa or mosquito plant is a lemon-scented geranium. The lemony essential ...

If you're trying to lean native in the garden, you may have more choices than you realize for native bulbs that bloom early ...

If you think an allium is for you, the important thing is to understand when and how to plant your bulbs so that you can ...

Soils are currently very dry, as is observed if doing any planting. Amazingly, the soil is powdery dry right under the ...

Sometimes, medicine comes from a pill bottle. Other times, it grows right in your backyard, if only you knew how to access it ...

A plant could be dormant or ready for the compost heap, but there are signs which should steer gardeners in the right ...