Perennial Archives

Is your garden looking a little tired? Those perennials might need dividing. August is a great time to split overcrowded plants and turn them into multiple healthy ones. The best

Is your dream garden becoming an all-you-can-eat buffet for the local deer population? Those adorable forest creatures might be Instagram-worthy, but their eating habits are anything but cute when they’re

Spring has arrived, and those crimson stalks are bursting through the soil like nature’s own exclamation points! But here’s the shocker. If you’re only eating rhubarb stalks, you’re literally throwing

While your neighbors are putting their gardens to bed, savvy plant parents know an explosive secret: November might just be the BEST time to plant perennials. When you tuck these

The Simplest Way to Have a Garden That Comes Back Every Year Imagine stepping into your garden year after year to find it’s already there waiting for you; no extra

Forget what you’ve heard about fall garden cleanup. That pruning habit might actually be hurting your garden’s future. While you’re cutting back with good intentions, some of your most valuable

Imagine stepping into your garden from April to October and finding fresh blooms waiting for you. This is completely possible with the right perennial picks. Most home gardeners don’t plan

Remember when you thought gardening was just planting nice plants and watching them grow? Yeah… same here. I used to spend a lot of money filling garden beds until I

Tired of spending a fortune on annuals that fizzle out after one season? I was shocked to discover that the right perennials can transform ordinary containers into spectacular, low-maintenance showcases

Tired of the annual spring hustle to replant your entire veggie garden? I was shocked to discover that some vegetables can thrive for DECADES with almost zero maintenance. Imagine harvesting

August can be a great time to give your perennial flowers some attention. Most gardeners tend to think about pruning mainly in the spring, but trimming certain perennials in late

Clitoria Ternatea (klih-TOH-ree-uh, tern-AH-tee-uh), commonly called butterfly pea, is a flowering plant species and belongs to the Fabaceae family along with the Blue Indigo plant and Dwarf Poinciana.  The herbaceous

The Gaura plant, also known as the whirling butterfly or the beeblossom, is often seen in many gardens. It is loved for its hardiness, delicate beauty, and low maintenance needs.

Achimenes plants (a-kim’e-neez) are members of the Gesneriad plant family. There are twenty-six members in this group of perennial plants, all hailing from South and Central America.  You may hear

Ruta graveolens (ROO-tuh grav-ee-OH-lens) is a native of the Balkan Peninsula, southern and southeastern Europe. This member of the Rutaceae (roo-TAY-see-ee) family is a herbaceous evergreen perennial and is commonly

Limonium sinuatum (lim-OH-nee-um sin-yoo-AY-tum) is an herbaceous perennial hailing from Western Asia, North Africa, and Europe.  It does well in Mediterranean regions. It is a member of the Plumbaginaceae family. 

Trientalis borealis Raf. (try-en-TAY-lis bor-ee-AL-is) is a wildflower native to the woods and forests of eastern North America and the southern half of Canada, where it is found in birch

Growing plants on an oceanfront is the most challenging task for any gardener.  The soil in these areas is completely arid.  Moreover, the wind blows constantly and delivers salty, burning

The Brazilian Dwarf Morning Glory, or botanically Evolvulus glomeratus (ee-VOLV-yoo-lus glahm-er-AH-tus) is a member of the family Convolvulaceae family (kon-volv-yoo-LAY-see-ee) along with bindweed and the Dichondra plant. As this common name implies, the tender, non-vining,

Coreopsis is a pretty, resilient flowering perennial plant available in numerous colors with several interesting petal and leaf features. Surprisingly, you can easily grow coreopsis in your own garden or

Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum) is a ubiquitous perennial plant named after a Native American renowned in his time for using many parts of the plant in creating medicines to