Perennials Tips & Advice

Monkshood is a beautiful, old-fashioned flower that's perfectly suited to cottage gardens or casual borders. This guide will give you the basics and teach you how to grow and care for this elegant perennial.

Campanulas, or bellflowers, are beloved for their blue, violet, pink, white and purple bell-shaped blossoms. Here's how to make them an essential part of your garden.

Akebia is a twining perennial vine whose rampant growth makes it useful for screening out an unattractive view, covering a wall or fence, or even creating shade on a terrace. We'll cover everything you'll need to know to grow your own.

Hellebores are tough perennials that bloom in winter, when most of their fellow flowers lay dormant. We'll teach you how to select and care for hellebores so that you can enjoy beautiful blossoms even in the chilly months.

It's easy to fall in love with dianthus. You may be charmed by their fragrance, silvery foliage, or the simplicity of their blossoms. Fortunately, these wonderful plants are also easy to grow. We'll show you how.

This vibrant perennial is gorgeous in a yard or on a balcony as they can be grown in-container or out. The canna's bold colours are sure to please but growing them means knowing more about them and this information covers the basics.

Artemisia's silver leaves are especially radiant in the soft light of early morning and at dusk. The frosty-looking foliage is a popular perennial and here are some little known facts about the plant and how to grow it.

Famous as a fixture in farmyards and cottage gardens, rose campion is a lovely addition to any flower garden. Follow these guidelines to learn how to make your rose campions bloom.

No vine provides coverage comparable to Boston ivy, making it unsurpassed for masking large, blank masonry walls. Follow these guidelines to help you properly grow this vigorous perennial.

Naturally damp areas in sun to partial shade are among the hardest sites to landscape. You want to grow plants that will add colour to the area, but you want to avoid having to slog through the wet soil to groom, fertilize, stake, weed or otherwise f

Cohosh is a plant with several common names, including bugbane and snakeroot, which reflect ancient uses of the root as an insect repellent and snakebite antidote. But nothing describes the plant's ornamental virtues like another of its names: fairy

Meadow rue is a graceful plant with the texture of a maidenhair fern and a bonus of airy pastel flowers. As the name implies, this is a fine plant for meadows but it's also ideal for the edges of woodlands and for flower gardens. Check out these tips

Ferns lend a graceful air to gardens that no other group of plants can match. From the lacy fronds of the maidenhair fern to the bold glossy leaves of holly ferns, these plants provide form, colour and texture for shaded nooks and woodlands. Here are

A unique perennial for the summer garden, balloon flower is dependable and persistent, flowering year after year with minimal care. Check out these simple tips for growing balloon flowers in your garden.

No native wildflower has won as many gardeners' hearts as purple coneflower has. Large and long-limbed, at one metre (three feet) tall, the plants produce a dramatic show of long-lasting flowers in summer. Check out these basic tips and start growing

These bright, tough plants, also known as pyrethrums, are invaluable for a border in a garden. Here are the facts behind the plant and what you need to do to grow them.

Foretelling summer, Oriental poppies infuse late spring with a blast of pure, bright colour. Here are some simple tips for growing Oriental poppies in your outdoor space.

There's a time during the hottest part of the summer when most perennials take a breather and stop blooming. Russian sage bursts on the scene just as the flowers of daylilies and other early-summer bloomers recede, just in time to cool down the heat

These low compact perennials should be front and centre of any garden. Here are a few tips on getting the most from these pretty plants.

If you have a damp spot in the yard, fill it with bee balm. Then, in early summer, feast your eyes on the amazing display of flowers produced by the showiest member of the mint family. Here are some smart tips for growing healthy bee balm.