Choosing Perennial Plants to Suit Your Garden and Gardening Style

There is such a thing as an easy care, low maintenance perennial plant. It may vary from climate to climate and season to season, but there are many wonderful perennial plants that can be labeled low maintenance, providing undemanding easy care interest and bloom in the perennial border.

Shade gardens can be woodland retreats or bursts of color. Many shade garden plants often considered sun lovers actually prefer some shade in hot areas or the peak of summer. Of the many plants that will grow well or even thrive in shade gardens, the following list are top shade garden performers.

To get the most bang from your buck, be sure to include some long blooming and repeat blooming perennial flowers in your garden design.

The trick to designing your garden with perennial flowers is making sure you have something wonderful in bloom all the time. Each season has its stars and fall blooming perennials have some of the best. Fall blooming perennials have all season to grow, so many of them are tall and stately. Fall bloomers also tend to blossom in the jewel tones of the season, deep purples, rusts, scarlet and gold. Here are some top picks for fall blooming perennial stars.

It’s a smart idea to study up on which plants can adapt to dry areas, because sooner or later every garden will experience a period of drought. While water is crucial to growing healthy plants, there are many perennials that can withstand periodic dry spells, if they are given a chance to become established before they are severely stressed.. ...

It used to be hard to keep your garden in color all season thanks to the proliferation of plants with colorful leaves, it's a piece of cake. Here are some of my favorites.

Flowers that repeat bloom throughout the season are often the most coveted by gardeners. But these plants don’t come without a price and often that price is vigilant deadheading. Deadheading is time consuming but it isn’t difficult and the resulting long season of bloom is certainly worth it. Just balance your garden with a few plants that...

The following are readers choices for the Top Perennials Plants for Novice Gardeners. The plants are for diverse climates, so read the notes carefully before making your selections.

Starting perennial flowers from seed is no more difficult than any seed starting . True, they often take a year to become established, before blooming. But there are ways around that. And starting perennial flowers from seed is a great way to fill out your garden without breaking your budget. Here are 10 perennials that are easily grown from...

Spreading groundcover type perennial plants are great to use to fill in cracks and spaces in paved walkways and patios. Plants like spreading sedums and creeping thyme are favorites because they not only look great, they can handle some foot traffic and neglect. These spreading plants soften the edges of concrete walkways and give an aged appearance, as they fill in on patios and steps.

All plants at the nursery are not equal. Inspect them for these signs of stress and problems, before buying,

Growing new varieties of plants is the best way to learn what grows well for you. "Plant of the Year" awards point gardeners toward excellent choices for their own gardens.

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Choosing, Growing and Caring for Black-eyed Susans.

Here’s how to tell the difference between daylilies and true lilies. We may use the name Lily interchangeably with both true lilies and day lilies, but there is a difference and it matters, when it comes to how to care for your plant.

Tips for choosing Hosta plants that can handle more sun than you'd expect from a Hosta.