One blue perennial is not only a beautiful addition to your garden that will attract hummingbirds, but it will also keep ...

Early spring is a great time to start planning your plantings for the coming season. Look over photos of your garden from last year to see where blank spaces occur or where the design of your flower ...

For the longest time, tall plants have been relegated to the back of the garden, up against a fence or off to a corner, shunted aside like that 6-foot seventh-grader who was always in the last row for ...

Tall flowers are the statement pieces of a garden. These skyward sculptures bring drama to just about any yard and range from bold, colorful blooms to more subdued blossoms. Both will help define your ...

Asters glow brightly in your fall garden. Learn all you need to know them, including the best aster flower varieties, growing ...

Editor's note: Although garden editor Kathy Huber has retired, she will continue to answer readers' questions on the first Saturday of each month. A: It's a favorite of mine, star flower, Ipheion ...

I know there isn't such a botanical category as "blue shade," that is, plants that add the color blue to shady spots in our gardens, but there should be. Everyone has shade, and blue is one of the ...

When temperatures lock in at 90 degrees and above, we will do most anything to make it seem cooler. One option is to plant cool rather than warm colors in the garden. Perhaps these summer blues will ...

As a gardener and flower-farmer-florist, colour fascinates me. Through trial and error, I’ve learned that some hues make natural bedfellows (hello, orange and lime green), while others are decidedly ...

THE tall flower stems of camassia are superb in May. It looks a bit like a tall bluebell -- to which it is related -- but waist-high and sometimes more. The structure of the flower spike is similar, ...

Just when the colors of summer flowers are fading, late-blooming perennials are ready to take center stage. In addition to the usual fare of coneflowers, mums and ornamental grasses, many lesser-known ...