Helena Jacoba / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. A tuber that’s related to the pea, the American groundnut is a perennial vegetable that can be a great addition to any garden. The plant—which grows as a ...

Bring rich color, velvety texture, and delicious fragrance to the garden with this captivating perennial. Looking for something unusual to grow in the garden? Look no further than chocolate cosmos ...

This profusely blooming perennial offers tube-shaped flowers that hummingbirds love. Red is a common color, also making it a ...

The crisp, sweet tuber can be eaten raw and used like potatoes. An added bonus: Sunchokes attract beneficial insects. Plant tubers in full sun and well-drained soil.

The benefits of sunflowers are so abundant that no yard should be without them. I’m not referring to the large-headed annual cultivars you see growing in a field, but rather the native perennial ...

Perennial plants can be found in every colour of the rainbow, from diminutive to stately and in a multitude of intricate flower forms. To ensure they have the longest, most productive life, be ...

Yes, The Garden Guy is an ornamental sweet potato lover and has been growing them as perennials in zone 8a Georgia for 3 or 4 years. I am looking forward to growing the new climbing sweet Caroline ...

Cyclamen, an evergreen tuber perennial with bright pink or purple flowers, is popular, too. At the root of the event is the group’s mission to support horticultural and environmental causes.

Last spring, I planted balloon flower and cinquefoil. The balloon flowers grew to about 24 inches tall and kind of fell all over the place. The cinquefoil grew really well but had only a few flowers.

It the tuber is planted too deep, the peony will not bloom. Peonies prefer full sun and they don’t like to be too crowded by other perennials, trees or shrubs.

Peonies are perennials that grow from a tuber. They are best planted in early autumn when temperatures are cool, and rainfall is more likely. Choosing a plant can be difficult due to all the ...

There is still a belief that shrubs are less work than perennials. When used to reduce labour, shrubs might get an annual pudding basin haircut to keep them within bounds – but this looks awful.