It is well-known that dividing plants is a wonderful and simple way to get more perennial plants for your backyard. Choosing when to split plants is important and can make the difference between ...

Photo Credit: Joshua Mayer / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 The aster, starwort, or frost flower is a perennial flower belonging to the daisy family. The sky blue aster is one of over 600 aster species and ...

Perennials are the stalwarts of our garden borders, providing colourful garden flowers, year after year. There are many different types, including herbaceous perennial, short-lived perennial, woody ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Corn crops have a voracious appetite for nitrogen. Purdue University scientists are investigating whether mulching Kura clover, a perennial legume, can provide sufficient ...

A clump-forming perennial to around 60cm high in flower, with a spreading habit and simple, downy green leaves. Flowers from early to mid summer, with slender stems bearing buds encased in overlapping ...

June is also a time when spring bulbs, flowering shrubs such as snowball viburnum, and blossom on the trees have died off, leaving space for perennial flowers to begin blooming and continue the floral ...

American basketflower or American starthistle (C. americana) may not be as popular as other Centaurea species like the Cornflower or Bachelor’s Button, but it indeed is one worth noting. At first ...