For those gardeners who balk at the sometimes finicky, unpredictable, often time-consuming nature of raising plants from seed ...

A wise gardener once said, “Beginners worry about making plants grow. Experienced gardeners know the real trick is keeping them under control.” While gardeners love to commiserate about how many ...

Multiply your blooms by dividing your perennials at just the right moment. Perennial plants bring lasting beauty to your garden, with blooms that return year after year. If you have perennials in your ...

March demands attention in the garden. Soil wakes up, sunlight lingers longer each afternoon, and many perennials prepare for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you maintain a home garden, botanical garden, community garden, or any other garden, dividing perennials can be a great ...

A garden that grows itself sounds like a dream, but it exists in plain sight. The secret doesn’t sit in expensive landscaping plans or rare plant collections. It lives in tough, reliable plants that ...

Skip the store and expand your garden with plants that come straight from your own flower beds. Besides adding vibrant color to your flower beds year after year, perennials are a great choice for the ...

Fall gardening chores should not be overlooked. As your garden winds down, turn your attention to the perennials in your landscape. Perennial plants are those plants that last longer than two years.

Do you know why the flower went to the dentist? It needed a root canal. Flowers don’t need dentists, of course, but humans do come in handy for other flower tasks. For example, most perennials thrive ...

Spring isn’t the only time of year to get gardening. Late summer and fall are also good times to do some work on your yard and garden. Some popular plants are best placed in the ground during this ...

Pruning, planting, preparing: March is a busy time in the garden as our plots finally shake off the last of winter's chill. But, according to a former royal gardener, there's a commonly overlooked ...