Whether you have a tiny balcony garden or a big, rambling yard filled with flowers of all types, there’s always room to grow up. Plants that grow vertically add interest, provide screening and privacy ...

Many plants that are a familiar part of our home gardening landscape may not cope with the hot dry summers and excessive winter wet that are becoming more common with changing weather patterns.

May is a fantastic time to add plants to flower beds and containers for bright flowering displays. While many gardeners will head to the garden center to pick up some ready-to-go plants, the most cost ...

This climbing plant with large, gorgeous flowers in an array of colors can certainly liven up your boring fence and bring ...

Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials, and we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced ...

Five types of perennial to enrich your garden with colour, scent and form, from the best climbing perennials to those pollinators will love Perennial plants can be found in every colour of the rainbow ...

Every longtime gardener has a list of tough flowering perennials they consult when they need a dependable plant. My criteria for selecting the plants on this list are simple: They must be “tough,” ...

Q: I am hoping you can identify this mystery vine that has appeared on my fence this summer [the reader sent a photo]. The flowers have a slight scent that is pleasant. A: The vine in question is ...

Planting flowering perennials in the fall garden is an easy way to enjoy more color and beauty come spring. But some gardeners may be concerned about planting things too late. If perennials have gone ...

Q. I planted some flowering perennials this spring and they really looked nice for a couple of months. Now the flowers are all brown and dried up and the bottoms of some of the plants look kind of ...