Costco is a reliable source of budget-friendly flower bulbs in the spring and fall. The problem is that these bargains are often buried among plants that aren't quite as pretty or economical. When ...

Gardeners recovering from Hurricane Ike and weathering the financial storm are looking for plants with greater returns. Chris Wiesinger has just the thing — heirloom bulbs. The 27-year-old founder of ...

These low maintenance perennials from dogweed to bleeding hearts should be added to your garden for easy care all year round.

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, butterflies, and hummingbirds ...

FROM TINY BLOOMS that goose the last of winter to garden stars that bridge the gap between spring and summer, the following so-called “minor” bulbs complement familiar spring show ponies, like ...

It’s showtime in the perennial flower border. The Oriental poppies, pink and blue pincushion flowers, bleeding hearts and hardy geraniums are all vying for center stage and each plant is striving to ...

When creating a new garden or looking for new additions, check out the Perennial Plants of the Year (PPOY). Selected by members of the Perennial Plant Association, winners must be ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. As perennial gardeners, we ...

Bulbs interplant well with most perennial flowers and work best when planted among openings as opposed to directly underneath the perennials. Q: I planted some daffodil and tulip bulbs in between my ...

Even if you have an in-ground garden, you should grow some plants in pots 🪴 ...

THE FLOWERS of early daffodils, hyacinths and crocus, opening to watery sunshine, brighten our hearts and our gardens with their promise of springtime. Unfortunately, their bloom is brief compared to ...

Spring bulbs — which we should be planting now — have the unfortunate habit of flowering early in the season and then dying back up by Memorial Day. Most perennial flowers, on the other hand, have the ...