Who doesn't love seeing their garden filled with bright and beautiful blooms? To get more from your perennials, learn which ...

Planting native flowers can help support birds, bees and butterflies around the DC region.

These resilient beauties bring color and life to your garden for many years, making them long-term investments. Plant now, ...

Your garden doesn't have to lose its sparkle when temperatures start to drop in autumn. Discover the beautiful flower that ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

As far as summer perennials go, catmint is at the top of horticulturist Christine Froehlich’s list for pruning. "The number one to prune back is nepeta. Once it flowers and starts looking sloppy, cut ...

For this reason, many late-blooming flowers to attract hummingbirds are considered plants you should not deadhead when the migration gets underway. Even brown and faded blooms can still contain plenty ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

The worst weeds of summer are often the perennial weeds that do not die in the winter and come back stronger each summer.

While scouting plants in your yard or garden, perhaps you have noticed unusual bumps or growth extensions on the leaf ...

All the old stalks of true perennials will be dead, so just prune them level with the tops of these year’s emerging greenery, trying not to nick the new shoots. You are, sorry to say, in a race ...