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.

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This past week we had 15 wax myrtles planted to screen our front yard. Several weeks ago, we consulted with Mark Norman, a ...

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Meadowlark Botanical Gardens is located at 9750 Meadowlark Gardens Court in Vienna, which is conveniently close to major roads but far enough away that you feel like you’ve escaped somewhere. It’s an ...

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 ...

Get Neil Sperry's gardening answers on yellow butterfly vine propagation, pruning figs and abelias, fertilizing winter ...

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 ...

The Perennial Plant of the Year for 2026 is a lovely ornamental grass, a cultivar of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), called “Blackhawks.” The Perennial Plant Association designates a plant of ...

The perennial shrub can grow up to 14ft high with white or lavender, waxy flowers that has five pointed petals and a small ...

Impatiens’ easy-care nature, season-long bloom, and shade tolerance made it one of the most popular garden annuals. The ...

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 ...