It is late summer, and nature announces her changing calendar with every step I take around my garden. Annual coleus is still lovely, but the withered daylilies amidst weeds that choke the daylily bed ...

It's actually a tender perennial grown as a summer annual. Being a perennial gives it the stamina to stay attractive through the long summer growing season from April/May to October. Most new coleus ...

When you think of the incredible colors of a summer garden you think flowers, right? But exuberant color doesn’t always need dazzling flowers and shimmering summer sunshine. You can have displays of ...

The National Garden Bureau names three plants each year — a perennial, an annual and an edible — to be honored in its “Year of The” program. The plants are chosen because they are popular, easy to ...

While waiting impatiently for the weather to warm and the soil to dry enough to walk on, I’ve been going over my records from last year’s collection of plants I used in the display garden at the ...

I read your article ("Vanishing impatiens," Aug. 24) about impatiens downy mildew and was sad that they are not going to be around anymore. Because of this, I decided to switch to coleus this year. I ...