Many spring perennials require little maintenance, coming back year after year at the start of the season to spread the joy of warmer months ahead. I love planting these early springtime flowers ...

Discover 13 perennial plants perfect for spring planting, offering vibrant blooms and low-maintenance beauty to enhance your garden year after year.

Here are the best shade perennials gardening experts recommend, including plants that attract pollinators such as bees and ...

Fun fact: A mature Itoh peony plant can produce 50(!) or more flowers in one spring season. With their enormous flowers, vigorous growth and leafy foliage, they’re total showstoppers. If you ...

Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) is a native, clump-forming perennial occurring in woodlands. Five-petaled, saucer-shaped ...

Vegetables. Get a jump on your early spring planting season by warming up in-ground and raised beds with 4- to 6-mil clear or black plastic. Anchor the plastic with boards, brick or soil.

Looking for a plant to help you fill those tough to manage spots in the drier and shadier parts of the garden? Here are three ...

Perennials in particular are a welcome sight for this gardener’s eyes, as they finally spring back to life and fill up all the spaces in my garden that have been a little bare over the winter ...

Many perennials can be divided or moved in spring. As a rule of thumb, perennials that bloom after July 1, such as tall garden phlox, hosta, chrysanthemum and monarda, can be divided or moved in ...

Learn what the best heat- and drought-tolerant perennials are to plant in and July for late season garden color.

Do you have any other tips for the spring perennial garden?”— Javier Montoya, Park RidgeIt is generally best to […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 36°F.

Fall is a great time to divide spring and summer blooming perennials. As long as you finish the task before freezing weather sets in, autumn is the best time to divide spring and summer bloomers ...