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Discover 14 extra tall perennial flowers that will add stunning height, color, and dimension to your garden, perfect for ...

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 ...

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

Are biting frosts enough to help you eradicate weeds in the garden, or can those pesky plants survive sub-zero temperatures ...

Why not make the most of being stuck inside due to cold weather? Do more than just dream about next season's garden: start ...

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

Shrubs are the mainstay of many gardens, as they bring permanence. In considering these, create a plan for those that have a ...

Deadheading is an important task for any flower garden, but there's a right time and wrong time to do this task, depending on ...

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 ...

This year’s Pantone Color of the Year is "Cloud Dancer," and as the name suggests it is a cumulus cloud white of which ...

The nation’s premier color trend-setter — the New Jersey-based Pantone Color Institute — each year selects a “Color of the Year” that it believes best speaks to the times. For 2026, that color is ...