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The 2026 Perennial Plant of the Year is Blackhawks big bluestem, a cultivar of one of the dominant grasses of the North American tallgrass prairies.

It might be horrid outdoors but you can enjoy these incredible indoor plants that will thrive even in darker rooms with ...

A guide to seven of the best perennials to plant in January, and you can get all of these as bare-root plants to benefit bees ...

Happy New Year, I hope you survived the holidays and are ready to set the course for a new green year! I’m already laying out ...

The coyote willow is a north American shrub and one of the few willows that thrives in drier soil in summer as well as ...

If you're keen to add some stunning floral color to your garden, you can't go past these outstanding phlox varieties ...

Botanical Name: Primula spp. Soil pH: Slightly acidic to neutral (5.5-6.5) ...

Insects relish scabious flowers and there are some first-year flowerers; Beaujolais Bonnets (60cm) wine flowers and pale ...

Along with all the seeds you can sow in January, there are lots of jobs to do in your garden during the winter months. With a ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) claimed in an interview this week that the Trump administration may be lying about the record-low number of border crossings happening on its watch. “I ...