If perennial types bloom in mid-summer or fall, then spring is the recommended dividing time, including hosta, tall garden ...

There’s a special place in most gardeners ’ hearts for the flowering plants of late spring, which have a newborn grace and ...

Learn how annuals and perennials differ, see examples of each type of plant, and get inspiration on how to use them in your landscape. Annuals live for only one season. For example: You plant them ...

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

I am a huge fan of perennials. Perhaps it is my thrifty nature that hates to get rid of a plant after only one season. Sure, I'll start some annuals like marigolds or zinnias from seed to add a quick ...

Gardeners are familiar with herbaceous perennials dying back over the winter, to re-grow in spring. Common examples are hostas, most hardy geraniums, day lilies, astilbe, shasta daisies.

You may think it best to keep all houseplants by a sunny window, but that's not always the case. These plants are actually ...

A few years ago, the National Trust ran an advert where volunteers raked up leaves in a wood and put them in wheelbarrows.