Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hylotelephium spectabile types of sedum flowering in border. Trying to choose the best types of sedums for sustainable gardening ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you’re ever visiting Denver Botanic Gardens and spot a horticulturist with a ZZ Top beard and a straw hat, it’s probably Mike Bone, curator of Steppe ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The dry weather continues here in the Valley. I hope we receive the rain which is in the forecast for the weekend. Water needs for our field crops, ...

Tall garden sedums like Thunderhead are carefree plants with three seasons of interest. Credit: Terra Nova Nurseries Call them border stonecrop, call them tall sedum or call them Hylotelephium (the ...

Summer is not the traditional time for planting, but you can add perennials to your garden this month, provided you pick wisely. That is where drought-tolerant perennials come to the fore; they can be ...

While many of the showier perennials such as iris, salvia and penstemon have made huge, stunning appearances with our wet spring, as we enter into the heat of summer, sedums are coming into their own, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is so funny how time slips away (thank you Willie Nelson). As we say goodbye to August and summer we look forward to all the rewards of the fall harvest ...

Perennial flowers return every year to perk up a garden. Many common perennials prefer to be planted in August, when the potential for pests is lower and the weather is cooler, placing less stress on ...

If you’re searching for a low-maintenance, eco-friendly alternative to traditional grass lawns, perennials (most often low-growing crop covers) offer stunning and practical solutions. These resilient ...