Winter flowers are the best way to add a pop of color to your garden during cold months! Here are all the annuals, perennials ...

Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that ...

Winter is full of seasonal delights, but we don’t normally associate this time with vibrant flowers. Most plant species ...

It sheds its leaves during the dry season. The flowers are in lovely, pendulous bunches and are a bright yellow to pale cream. There is a spectacular flowering season from April to June. The leaves ...

Hummingbirds are adorable birds that grace our yards every now and then. If you'd like to see them more often, try planting one of these seven flowering vines.

Many of us have heard the adage “there is no such thing as a weed.” The idea being that any plant has its uses if planted in ...

In the case of perennials, a lack of bloom can often indicate that the clumps need dividing, which can be done in early fall or early spring. At this point, I’d wait until spring, ideally just ...

The appearance of pistils is the major indicator that the marijuana plant is entering the bloom stage. You can also determine the sex of plants at this point. The early bloom period characterized ...

Fragrant perennials — butterfly bush (Buddleia), yarrow, wormwood, Dianthus, some day lilies and hostas, bee balm (Monarda), ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time ...

THE autumn time is the perfect time to fill the garden with some gorgeous colour that will last over the winter months.

This botanical set lets you assemble a dozen red roses, a mix of budding, blooming ... and yellow cyathia, then arrange them in a buildable pot based on how they'd like their festive flowers ...