Sedum is a great ground cover to include in your garden if you live in a dry, sunny area. Here are some other plants and ...

In the fall, the number of birds visiting your yard and garden may drop. During this season, when food is scarce, use these ...

The endangered checkerspot butterfly even uses the aromatic aster as its host plant. If you want your yard to turn into a purple paradise in the summer, purple coneflower is another flower to add to ...

Purple Coneflower, or Echinacea purpurea, is a standout native plant that thrives beautifully when planted in October. Native ...

Consider leaving it alone if it’s in a low-maintenance area of your garden. Then, you can enjoy your newfound visitors – bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds – with little to no work! The pale purple ...

In 2014, I was initially asked the question in the headline above.  So, I went to the home of a friend and a reader of our column. He took me […] ...

In a city adorned with an abundance of great murals, James’ “Lightning in a Jar” is one of the finest I’ve seen. It hollers ...

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

Upright, perennial coneflower producing well formed purple-pink daisy-like blooms with narrow, overlapping ray petals surrounding a prominent central orange cone, flowering from midsummer to autumn ...

Perennial coneflower about 1m tall, with large, deep purple-pink blooms with a prominent orange cone, each bloom can reach 7-10cm in diameter and will flower through summer into autumn ...