Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Skip the store and expand your garden with plants that come straight from your own flower beds. Besides adding vibrant color to your flower beds year after year, perennials are a great choice for the ...

A wise gardener once said, “Beginners worry about making plants grow. Experienced gardeners know the real trick is keeping them under control.” While gardeners love to commiserate about how many ...

Whether you maintain a home garden, botanical garden, community garden, or any other garden, dividing perennials can be a great way to keep plants healthy and augment the size of your garden.

Fall gardening chores should not be overlooked. As your garden winds down, turn your attention to the perennials in your landscape. Perennial plants are those plants that last longer than two years.

Do you know why the flower went to the dentist? It needed a root canal. Flowers don’t need dentists, of course, but humans do come in handy for other flower tasks. For example, most perennials thrive ...

March demands attention in the garden. Soil wakes up, sunlight lingers longer each afternoon, and many perennials prepare for ...

Q: I have several perennials that look very healthy but have stopped flowering. Should I divide them? How can I do this without killing the plant? When an otherwise healthy-looking perennial plant ...

Besides adding vibrant color to your flower beds year after year, perennials are a great choice for the garden because you can easily divide them for more plants to add elsewhere in your yard. That ...