Planting in dry shade can be a challenge. Set yourself up for success by choosing these foolproof plants for shady spots.

Do you know why perennials are so poor at math? In order to multiply, they divide. If you weren’t under the right rain cloud from midsummer on, your perennials, trees and shrubs are probably very dry.

This hardy perennial rewards a bold gardener — be brave with the hard spring prune, and it'll pay you back with blooms all ...

Do you know the easiest way to stop a dog from digging in your garden? Take away his shovel. Digging dogs aren’t the only cause of plant problems; winter can be tough on plants, too. And of course, ...

A few years ago, in an effort to reduce the amount of time I was spending maintaining my garden, I decided to replace my 75-foot long perennial border with a shrub border. I lifted the ...

The older I get, the larger my gardens seem. Although they have not actually grown in physical size, it takes me longer to weed them, cut back perennials in them, and water them in dry conditions than ...

Q: Is there a general rule about moving shrubs and perennials. Can some plants never be moved once they take root? Is there a time restraint for most plants? I know that some clumping plants do well ...

Last Sunday, I wrote about good trees for the water's edge as a foundation for a bog garden. This week, we continue building the bog garden with mostly native shrubs and perennials. Great shrubs ...

Shrubberies were much in fashion in Jane Austen’s day. They enclosed walks on gravel paths and included ordinary plants that we now take for granted. Lilac, laburnum and philadelphus were classic ...