Whether you are looking to cozy up a garden seating area or hide an unsightly view, tall perennial flowers are the answer. Subtly forming a living floral screen, they will distract with their stunning ...

Fall perennials can be just as colorful and pretty as those in summer gardens—it just takes a little planning. Although these flowers catch your eye in autumn, the time to plant them is earlier in the ...

These perennials, trees, and shrubs provide vital food and shelter for backyard birds through the winter months.

Amaryllis grow and bloom best with at least four hours of sunshine per day. Too much shade may prevent them from blooming ...

I recently had to take out my 10-foot tripod Hasegawa pruning ladder to take a picture of a flower blossom while standing on the top step. The flower, a black-eyed Susan, stood 9 feet, 3 inches tall ...

Many gardeners are familiar with the low-growing campanula with the pretty, purple star-shaped flowers that look good cascading over a rock wall or filling in a shady bed. There are, however, a number ...

* What it is: Culver’s root is a Pennsylvania-native perennial that’s recognizable by its very tall and slender white flower spikes that bloom from late June and throughout July into early August.

At 24, I was newly married and setting up our first home, when I mentioned to a coworker that I had no idea what to plant in the stone flowerbeds in front of the house. The previous owner had filled ...

M.B.: Tall perennials need more discipline. Mark your calendar now to remind yourself to give crew cuts in May and June. Cutting back tall-growing perennials in late spring and early summer will give ...