Cut sedum back in spring, trim in early summer, and clean up in fall. Skip pruning in mid-summer and winter to avoid stressing the plant. Pruning keeps sedum strong, compact, and blooming well. Sedum ...

Perennials for cool season containers may seem like the proverbial horticultural oxymoron, but that is exactly what I have been planting the last few days in my zone 8a landscape. My favorite pansy ...

If you are designing mixed containers this year for the porch, patio or deck, then by all means consider the little sedum or stonecrop from Mexico. The botanical name is Sedum mexicanum and it couples ...

Sometimes a name says it all. Nowhere is this more evident than with the fall-blooming succulent sedum 'Autumn Joy.' This vigorous deciduous perennial features large (up to 5 inches) bluish-green ...

Let's face it, gardening is not always a budget-friendly hobby. From fertilizers to tree saplings to pond lining, there are loads of big purchases you need to make when working on creating the garden ...

Only a handful of perennials in my flower gardens have grown and bloomed as reliably as the plant most commonly known as Live Forever or Autumn Joy Sedum. A member of the Crassulaceae, or stonecrop ...

Perennials for cool season containers may seem like the proverbial horticultural oxymoron, but that is exactly what I have been planting the last few days in my zone 8a landscape. My favorite pansy ...

Cutting back flowering perennials, annuals and bedding plants can help to improve and prolong flowering and the shape of a plant. It’s not just trees and shrubs that need pruning. Flowering perennials ...

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 ...