Season-long color for the shade is hard to come by, yet one plant can deliver even in dark areas of the yard. Astilbe - or False goat's beard - gives you that much-needed color for shade, along with ...

Gardeners are not doomed to boring, colorless garden plants for shady areas. Shade plants are more colorful and interesting than ever.

So, our gardening season begins again. Mid-February is the time to start seeds for planting out mid-April or there abouts. After this winter-that-wasn’t (so far), I’m not sure what the planting ...

It's February, and despite the recent freezing temperatures, there's a long list of the best vegetables you can plant in ...

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You need to have another perennial ready to grab that baton and start blooming as the prior one finishes. It doesn’t have to be contiguous. In fact, it’s cool if it isn’t. That lets interest in your ...

Deer might be graceful visitors in the wild, but when they wander into your garden, they can turn prized blooms into a ...

Umama Ali spent more time as a kid arguing with his brother over who caused the most chaos in GTA Vice City than doing homework, and he’s been unapologetically hooked on games ever since. That ...

A super long-blooming native Joe-Pye eupatorium, a new pink-bloomer that’s a hummingbird magnet, and four new perennial flowers that earned national trial-garden honors lead the list of perennial ...

Krista McCay is a writer specializing in video game guides and walkthroughs. She first entered the industry in 2022 while studying English at UC Santa Barbara and working part-time as an editor. It ...

Mock orange Pearls of Perfume is a great addition to the garden scent palette. It is unusual because it reblooms from spring to fall, which gives a longer season. Plants are 5 to 6 feet tall. There is ...