What's not to love about cuddly low-growers? But sometimes, you want a plant to announce itself, to stand out and above the rest. Several easy-going giants are among the perennials that highlight ...

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

Perennial flowers may be expensive but are well worth the investment. Summer perennials come back year after year, and many are low-maintenance, easy-care plants. Moreover, the perennials you'll find ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We did not plant it, but a good size, exotic wild plant is growing in our yard. We would like to know the name of the plant and whether it is poisonous.” Charles and Sheila Rhee, Mount Prospect You ...

A winter-tough, silver-leafed lavender, a coneflower with unusual orange-pincushion flowers and a purple-leafed coralbells with leaves bigger than your face are among the more interesting new ...

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 ...