These low maintenance perennials from dogweed to bleeding hearts should be added to your garden for easy care all year round.
Winter gardens can feel like a quiet, gray world, but the truth is, a little patience can transform them into something ...
Stop invasive plants taking over your borders ...
Perennials are like the reliable old friends of the garden—once they’re settled in, they keep coming back year after year with minimal effort. If you’re looking for plants that don’t need constant ...
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The 2026 plants of the year

Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects their plants of the year.
But snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...
Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden ...
Shoveling snow onto garden beds can protect plants during winter. Snow acts as a blanket, insulating the soil and preventing ...
Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials. When ...
In the right environmental conditions, this shrub of the Cistus variety can bring beauty to your garden all throughout the ...
In this series on the principles of landscape design we will be focusing on correcting common design flaws while accounting ...
Annabelle smooth hydrangea earns its reputation with huge, rounded heads of sterile white flowers that can reach 8–12 inches ...