Most of my favorite plants are herbaceous perennials. I love trees and shrubs, and could not live without my short-lived annual flowers. But the variety of plants that excite and dazzle me for nearly ...

Understanding the Context

The New York Times: The Plants and Flowers You Should Be Able to Recognize Notable appearances in culture: Alongside the plum, orchid and bamboo, the chrysanthemum is one of the four key plants (known as the Four Gentlemen) in Chinese brush painting; it has featured in East ... Yahoo: 20 Perennials to Plant in the Fall for Beautiful Spring Flowers Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colorful garden flower - Multi color Flora background landscape plant and flower blooming spring garden Perennial plants can live ... When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

Key Insights

The Advocate: Flowering perennials: Now's the time to plant them, and there are lots of choices to pick from 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 ...