I am a confessed blooming perennial junkie. These reliable plants return year after year, filling my garden with color with very little effort on my part. Sure, I'll go for some annuals for containers ...

Perennials that thrive in the shade and bloom all summer long are the ultimate gifts from nature—they keep on giving month after month and year after year. Filling your garden with these varieties ...

These fall-flowering shade perennials will keep the color and life coming in your landscape all season long. Joanne Dale / GETTY IMAGES This year, add some fall perennials that will extend your season ...

Fall is a great time to plant flowers for spring, but this hardy perennial can be planted as late as November so long as you ...

Shady spots in a garden or yard can be a real pain. While the sunny areas may be bursting with self-growing wildflowers or precisely planted full-sun flowers in an array of colors, heavily shaded ...

Dear Master Gardener: What are some of the longest blooming perennials for our area? Answer: Many perennials have a short blooming period, so it is beneficial to add perennials that have a long ...

Looking for an alternative to hydrangeas so you can enjoy colorful blooms beyond summer? Hydrangeas bloom from about June to early fall, so try the hardy shrub that explodes with gorgeous blooms later ...

From fragrant blooms to vibrant foliage, these 15 hardy favorites thrive in the cool soil now — and reward your patience with ...

Here are 10 picks for long-blooming perennials that will anchor your flower garden. Among flowering plants, annuals pump out lots of colorful blossoms all season, then die as winter sets in. But they ...

With the extensive damage to so many of our woody landscape plants, perennials are doing a great job this year of adding some color and depth to our landscapes. Very few perennials were damaged by the ...