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

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

Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...

Chrysanthemum x morifolium is the queen of the fall flowers, celebrating the season in jewel colors: yellow, lavender, pink, ...

With about 300 different species, the iris is one of the most visually striking plants in the garden. Whether grown in ...

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 ...

Invasive plants are highly opportunistic and they don’t need much help from us to thrive, writes gardening columnist.

If you want your flowering garden to survive late into fall, then plant some late bloomers that will continue making your ...

Upright stems carry small, grey-blue, thistle-like flowers that sit on a broad, spiny ruff that adds enormously to their ...

'Papal Purple' is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial to around 50cm high with semi-evergreen, lance-shaped leaves and, from summer into early autumn, purple bell-shaped flowers with white throats ...