Picture tulips lining the walkway, fragrant sage in the garden, and rose bushes in the backyard that will continue to bloom year after year. Unlike annual flowers (plants that complete their life ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The only downside? Most perennials have a relatively short bloom season, which ranges from a few days to ...

Summer is the height of the garden season, when most perennials put on their flower show. As a professional gardener, much of my planning and design work includes considering which perennial plants ...

Perennial flowers return every year to perk up a garden. Many common perennials prefer to be planted in August, when the potential for pests is lower and the weather is cooler, placing less stress on ...

The best trait of perennial flowers is that you plant them once, and they come back year after year (assuming the deer and groundhogs don’t eat them). No replanting is needed every spring as with ...

Brand new, never-before-identified species of garden perennials are rare, as botanists have likely discovered most of the ...

As I wander the grounds of the arboretum throughout the month of May, my eye is caught by the blue flowers of the late spring-blooming plant commonly known as Stokes aster. Closely related to its ...