When you tire of growing common plants, it's time to pick some new ones from this list of fun, whimsical garden flowers and ...

The clocks have now gone back, and we have much shorter days to work in our plots. At Driftwood, the big autumn clear-up is well under way ...

Alluring, like sirens, some vicious weeds produce beautiful flowers in calming purple hues. Here are the problematic blossoms ...

While we might all aspire to create prolific planters full of flowering bulbs in the springtime, choosing the wrong bulb ...

The autumn season is a time of shorter days and cooler temperatures. The landscape has been transformed into a palette of ...

Try tulips, Shasta daisies, allium, daffodils, and California poppies. Most varieties are considered short-lived perennials, which means they’ll have 2 to 3 years of robust growth. However ...

They would be a real advance on what was available for our gardens in winter. “As with so many plants from a Mediterranean climate, English damp is the enemy, not the cold” I then discovered there ...

Asters are one of the last perennial flowers to bloom in the landscape ... reaching about 3 to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Some of the tall varieties may need staking to keep them from flopping ...

They have an upright form, reaching about 3 to 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Some of the tall varieties may need staking to keep them from flopping over. New England asters grow across a wide range ...

It is well-known that dividing plants is a wonderful and simple way to get more perennial plants for your backyard. Choosing when to split plants is important and can make the difference between ...