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Shade Loving Perennials for Spring Color

Transform wooded or shady spots in your backyard into a festival of spring flowers by tucking early-bird perennials into every bare corner.

Season-by-Season Guide to Perennial Flowers

Rely on perennials to provide plenty of color in your garden year after year. Here’s a seasonal guide to caring for these super-hardy pla...

Purple Garden Ideas

Purple is wonderfully versatile: From light lavenders to rich, royal shades, purple flowers have a place in every garden. Check out these...

Reblooming Perennials for Months of Color

Include this collection of perennials in your garden and you'll ensure a steady show of blooms for months. By Justin Hancock

November Gardening Tips

Make sure your garden is ready for winter with our easy November gardening tips. By Justin Hancock

October Gardening Tips

Looking for ways to make sure your yard is ready for winter? Check out our easy tips for October! By Doug Jimerson

Perennial Baskets for Fall

Perennial-filled hanging baskets from the Montreal Botanic Gardens are beautiful autumn decor. 

Perennial Garden Design Tip

It may be easier than you think to design the perennial garden of your dreams!

Perennials for Fragrance

Add some scent to your yard with beautiful, easy-care perennials that have fragrant flowers. 

Perennials Are Good Investments

Perennials are ideal flower garden plants because they come back every year -- and get better. 

Perennial Favorites: Ornamental Grasses

Add interest and color to your fall garden with ornamental grasses. By Doug Jimerson

North and Central Florida Gardening Guide

If you’re lucky enough to live in North Florida, then you are blessed with lots of sun, a good bit of rain, and a long growing season. He...

Perennial Partners for Spring Bulbs

Double the color show in your garden with easy-care perennials, that flower at the same time as spring-blooming bulbs like tulips and daf...

Make an Easy-Care Yard

It's garden-planning season. Plan to add no-fuss cacti and succulents to get a beautiful yard that’s super easy to care for.

Making Scents with Lavender

Lavender is a fragrant perennial for cool and warm climates. 

Mixing Perennials with Annuals to Make Colorful Combos

Perennials and annuals can make beautiful (and colorful) partners in the garden. 

Long-Blooming Florida Perennials

These five Florida perennials bloom and bloom and bloom.

In Praise of Green

Green in the garden changes the tone, dialing down the volume to a gentle melody.

Kentucky Gardening Guide

Dig into our Kentucky Gardening Guide and get tips and ideas to keep your yard looking its best. By Justin Hancock

Is My Plant Alive?

Not sure whether plants in your yard have survived the winter? Check out our handy guide! By Doug Jimerson

Lay Down a Carpet of Color

Get easy, full-flower coverage in gardens, patios, and containers with Drop and Grow® plants. By Karen Weir-Jimerson

Landscape Design Tips from the Costa Farms Trial Garden

Want to make your yard more beautiful but don't know where to start? Dig into these landscape design tips shared by the gardening experts...

How to Coordinate Colors Like A Pro

Mixing and matching colorful flowers is easy when you create informed color partnerships. By Doug Jimerson

How to Declutter Your Landscape

Make your landscape more attractive with some simple nip and tuck strategies. By Karen Weir-Jimerson