After the first hard frost is the perfect time to sow some perennial seeds. Knowing the first frost date for your garden where you live can help you plan, both to protect plants that need it and ...

Creating a beautiful flower garden takes planning, preparation and time. Putting plants together is also about more than aesthetics. Knowing the perennials you should never plant together will help ...

It does not need to mean the end of the road for all perennials, but some will benefit from being cut back in late fall to keep them healthy for next year. Cutting back ahead of winter will not only ...

There are two mum types: florist and garden perennial mums ... caring for these fall-flowering plants is not that different.

Got shade? Sun-loving plants are big and flashy, but that doesn't mean the shady spots in your garden and backyard can't look great, too. Many long-lived perennials love the shade! From flowers to ...

November weather and frosts, time change, elections, the holidays — this year it almost seems like impossible overload. Buy ...

In Northern Indiana, the average temperature ranges between 15 and 30 degrees in winter and 60 and 84 degrees in summer. So, cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass, fine fescue, and perennial ...

Other steps to consider are aesthetics, space, sun exposure, soil amendments, planting in clusters, interplanting bulbs with ...

Azaleas can be temperamental and prefer loose, well-drained, slightly acidic soil. These perennial evergreens can also live up to 50 years. Photo Credit: Sciadopitys / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 If we’re ...