Deadheading is the process of removing faded and spent flowers and seed heads to promote new growth and reflowering.

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

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Walking across the lush green rolling hills of his rural Carlton farm, Ed Kavanaugh leads a tour of two to a well-established peony field. "This is My Love," he says, pausing, then clarifying that he ...

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Combining plants with different colors, shapes, and sizes is the key to creating a luxurious landscape without hiring a professional.

I’m amazed by my peonies. It still blows my mind that such a massive, frilly blossom comes from a bud roughly the size of a ...

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The author notes that hydrangeas, which are perennial everywhere, are noted for being pink or red growing in alkaline soil ...