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This fall, don't let your garden fall flat. Plant one of the many fall-blooming perennials that'll last into the winter ...

The trend for drifts of perennial plants is easy to do in your own space if you start with combinations of two then push out ...

Combining perennials that bloom during each season ensures your garden or landscaping will be constantly flowering ...

Does a dark and moody garden fit your style better than a farmhouse garden? Then a mysterious and brooding gothic or “goth” ...

Next to weeding the garden, the chore most gardeners dread is fall cleanup. If you garden, you’re familiar with the annual ...

Learning a few tricks from the professionals on how to make cheap plants look posh will pay dividends. On a budget? Here's ...

And as satisfying as a perfect green lawn may be, it’s an ecological dead zone that doesn’t support any of the essential functions—like pollination, carbon sequestration, and nutrient recycling—that ...

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

The Enchanted Edible Forest at Cross Island Farms will hold a guided tour of a sustainable edible perennial garden on ...

Once again we come to that time of year when we have to say goodbye to the beauties of this year’s garden and get ready to ...

“We love to reuse and repurpose old things,” says owner Stefanie Frankenstein. “These are often free and leads to less in the ...