Prune hostas just before a killing frost in your zone for best results. Fall pruning keeps beds tidy, deters pests, and directs energy to spring growth. If missed, let foliage die back naturally and ...

Hostas are some of the easiest perennial plants to divide, and this task is something you'll want to do periodically to keep them healthy and lush. An almost perfect shade plant, they do appreciate ...

Spring is usually considered the best time to divide perennials, but there are some that should be divided only in the fall and others that can be divided either spring or fall, according to Kari ...

Verbena is a showstopper in any garden. Its long-lasting flowers put on a show from late spring through to the first frosts, attracting lots of birds and pollinators over the course of a season. It is ...

Hostas are a gardener's go-to plant for a shade garden with good reason: They are hardy, perennial, foliage plants easy to establish and maintain, but they aren't evergreen. Leaves die back, usually ...

It's funny how, on the one hand, you can't wait for the spring to fox-trot in and relieve you from the wintry drab. But once it does, the relief is quickly overcome by a feeling of overwhelm. After ...

While it’s nearing the end of the line this time of year for most of the landscape, there’s one group of plants when it’s prime time to start them – spring-flowering bulbs. Led by tulips, daffodils, ...

Gardeners can divide and install a wide range of plants during the fall months, taking advantage of seasonal rains to support the plants as they develop for blooming in the spring and later. This ...