The gardeners whose yards erupt into color every February didn’t do anything magical in spring. They did one quiet, unhurried thing the previous year: they planted. If your garden always feels one ...

Creating a rock or woodland garden is a wonderful way to bring a touch of nature right into your backyard. Yet, it's not easy to create the layered look of wild plants or to replicate their ability to ...

If you’ve been waiting until Memorial Day to plant your perennials, you’ve been handing away the best advantage spring has to ...

Creeping phlox grow most successfully in well-drained soil, such as on a slope held back by rocks. They flower best in full sun. Courtesy photo The second week of April is green with new growth, so ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A rock garden is a garden, or more often a part of a garden, with a landscaping framework of rocks, stones and gravel, with planting appropriate to this ...

Crevice gardening is a form of rock gardening that allows alpine plants to grow in tight spaces between flat pieces of rock ...

Ground covers are great for adding color and beauty to your garden, while also suppressing weeds. Unfortunately, finding good ground covers that can thrive in the dry and generally low fertilizer ...

Perennial flowers may be expensive but are well worth the investment. Summer perennials come back year after year, and many are low-maintenance, easy-care plants. Moreover, the perennials you'll find ...

If you want flowers in your garden that will come bck every year, then you'll want to start planning a perennial flower garden. Perennials reliably come back every year for at least three years (many ...

A wise gardener once said, “Beginners worry about making plants grow. Experienced gardeners know the real trick is keeping them under control.” While gardeners love to commiserate about how many ...