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 ...

Fall and winter can be a wonderfully relaxing time for gardeners, but it can also be a time to get those last-minute plantings in. In many USDA Hardiness Zones, November is the ideal time to plant ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Like other pollinating species, hummingbirds rely on a variety of nectar sources. In fact, this sugary substance makes up the majority of their diets. Even if you hang a feeder in your garden and make ...

Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of pollinators. It’s a fast grower that produces dense, upright panicles of flowers, ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

There’s still time to bury bulbs before the ground freezes. You’ll be so glad you did come next spring. This little beauty, also known as the milk flower, may well be the first bloom you see next year ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

The rains have slowed, the sun has returned and it appears Oregon’s spring has finally arrived. And with spring, comes the annual camas bloom. Common camas (Camassia quamash) was originally classified ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most scientists today agree that North America has four distinct desert regions: the Great Basin, ...