Phlox are easy-to-grow plants that come in a huge variety of colors to provide a bounty of fragrant flowers throughout the summer months. They require only a little annual maintenance to perform at ...

When the first frost hits, your garden's not done yet - it's just time for a little tough love. Learn which plants need a ...

Perennials are the stalwarts of flower beds. These reliable plants perform year after year, filling gardens with colorful blooms and interesting foliage and attracting pollinators to their nectar-rich ...

Summer phlox (Phlox paniculata) is a staple of the perennial garden for its impressive floral display. Phlox mixes well with other perennials and blooms over a long period of time if the plants are ...

Some perennials, though, are best cut back in fall. Hosta, iris and daylilies don’t have rigid stems, and quickly flatten under the weight of snow, often becoming mushy and moldy by spring, making ...

Phlox paniculata, commonly known as garden phlox, is a native perennial that grows wild in woodlands and open fields and on cliffs. Its many cultivars are favorites for the home garden in a perennial ...

Question: I am planting a butterfly garden in a plot that gets sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon. I read that phlox does well in partial-shade areas, and was wondering which native, ...

Luminary series phlox, particularly the Prismatic Pink variety, provided a vibrant display of blooms and attracted pollinators. The phlox thrived in a mixed perennial bed, complementing other plants ...

Sometimes we gardeners become so focused — obsessed is probably more accurate — on newly discovered or unique plants that we overlook the ones that have served us well for years. Such was the case ...

Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...

The season’s earliest-blooming perennial flowers kick into color this month. The main benefit of perennials is that they live for years. You don’t have to replant them every year as with petunias, ...