To invite more hummingbirds to your garden, consider planting these flowers as a dynamic duo. They both feed the birds and ...

Although we typically associate sunshine with plant growth, you don't have to let a lack of light stop you from growing your ...

A lovely landscaped garden with paving stones, different plants and bark mulch - Brebca/Getty Images If you're on the lookout for a new ground cover to add to your recently established flower beds and ...

What if there was a low-maintenance plant that not only looked beautiful, but attracted birds to your yard year-round? This ...

Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials, and we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced ...

Many plants that are a familiar part of our home gardening landscape may not cope with the hot dry summers and excessive winter wet that are becoming more common with changing weather patterns.

Every longtime gardener has a list of tough flowering perennials they consult when they need a dependable plant. My criteria for selecting the plants on this list are simple: They must be “tough,” ...

At the beginning of a new year, we often come up with resolutions to help us focus on what we most want to accomplish. Here ...

Some plants produce heat, which has long puzzled botanists. But a new study suggests that infrared radiation is an ancient method to lure beetle pollinators ...

Often, the first perennial to bloom is Lenten rose, which show flowers in late February or early March. Johnson County Extension French impressionist Claude Monet said, “I must have flowers always and ...