Now that our summers are trending hotter for longer, leaning toward perennials that can tolerate heat makes sense in garden ...

Your home doesn’t have to look farm-like either, thanks to crops we call edimentals. The East Coast has a cornucopia of ...

Yellow coneflower thrives in full sun but can tolerate light shade. New plants need regular watering, but once established, they only need watering during extended dry periods. These sunny yellow ...

Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata). This upright perennial, native to the U.S. East Coast, has naturalized into wider areas. It grows in a clump 4 feet tall and to 3 feet wide on stiff stems with 6 ...

Perennial plants are fairly easy to look after, but they do need the right care in order to thrive, and there's one job that can have a big impact. 04:00, Sat, May 31, 2025 During the summer ...

Q. Please recommend perennials for the north side of my house. The bed is only about 3 feet deep and shaded all day. I want plants that bloom but that also return each year without replanting.

It is not a perennial but a hardy biennial that self-seeds and works for me like a perennial. Getting to about 12” tall, it is evergreen, and its pretty green foliage is unlike any other in my ...

There are plants that are native but not perennial, and some that are native and perennial. The American Horticultural Society defines a perennial as “any plant that lives for more than two ...

Emily Heaton, an Iowa State University agronomy associate professor, says perennial grasses can reduce the carbon pollution that causes climate change. Here's how: As miscanthus, switchgrass and ...

Sunflowers can be annual or perennial. The tall, often single-stemmed varieties we grow in our gardens tend to be annual sunflowers, while perennial sunflowers are known by their botanical name ...

Perennial flowering plants offer aesthetic value, natural pollutant filtration, and enhancement of air quality and oxygen enrichment. 1. Peace Lily: The Ultimate Air Purifier ...