Add beautiful winter interest to your garden with these perennial plants. Many perennials fizzle out in late autumn, shedding leaves, dropping stems, and receding underground for a long winter's nap.

The small yellow flowers are attracting the first pollinators of the season, along with native skunk cabbage and other early ...

Some perennials that are just a bit too tender for our hardiness zone can be kept in the landscape with winter protection like a wrap of weed mat, burlap or floating row cover filled with autumn ...

There is no reason why our winter gardens should be drab and colourless. Nature provides us with an abundance of colourful ...

As the saying goes, money can’t buy happiness. But money can buy plants, and plants make us happy; therefore, money can indeed buy happiness, as long as you spend your money on plants. Perennials are ...

The official start of spring is March 20, although longtime Oregon gardeners know the real start of the season comes March 22 ...

This week’s preview of winter gave outdoor perennial potted plants a rude awakening. This sudden winter burst is a timely reminder to start overwintering potted plants. Why take time to protect potted ...

The wide temperature swings we have been experiencing lately could end up causing havoc in our gardens if it continues into the winter. The problem is a soil condition known as frost heaving. It ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...