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 ...

From September and October, many annuals and summer-flowering perennials will begin to droop and fade, so it is a good idea ...

A compact, short-lived, herbaceous perennial to 30cm with bright green, divided leaves. Dusky purple and white, single, upward-facing flowers with short, incurved spurs, appear from late spring to mid ...

Fall is an ideal time to plant perennials and shrubs ... but its clusters of tiny white, pink, or purple blooms will likely cover your garden again in the fall when temperatures stabilize.

An erect herbaceous perennial with dark-green lance-shaped foliage and terminal clusters of fragrant tubular deep-mauve flowers over a long period of time in summer.

They are robust perennials with large, daisy-like flowers and prominent, spiky cones in the centre, and they come in shades of purple, pink, orange, and white.' Echinacea will see you well through the ...

Also known as hummingbird mint, this upright perennial has pretty spikes of flowers in shades of red, pink, coral, yellow, white, purple, or hot pink from summer to early fall. Pollinators adore ...

Beebalm is a wonderful native plant for the garden with stunning red, purple, or pink blooms that hummingbirds adore. The foliage of beebalm plants is susceptible to powdery mildew. Cut back the ...

Their blue-purple flowerheads often poke out above the snow, giving them their name. 'No garden should be without this quintessential spring-flowering blub with its upward-facing, sky-blue flowers and ...

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Master gardener Brian Minter says adding companion plantings is something every green thumb can "look forward to with ...