Go back to school in the garden and learn about ferns, herbs, bulbs and other yard topics. Perennial varieties of ferns are becoming more and more popular, and for good reason, says gardener Steve ...

Hardy ferns are great plants as a group to add in any landscape. For the most part they are easy to grow and will give you years of enjoyment. Generally speaking we do think of hardy ferns as plants ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

Those pesky, dim-lit, dark corners of your garden needn't remain barren — you can fill them with perennial ferns for an instant dose of calm and tranquility! Being forest dwellers, ferns are naturally ...

The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) has selected Japanese painted fern, cultivar ‘Pictum,’ as the 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year. Though the plant is petite in size, Japanese painted fern provides ...

On these rejuvenating spring mornings, I like to sit on the weathered cedar bench in my small woodland garden, a cup of coffee warming my hands, and watch the wildflowers and ferns unfurl. It’s a ...

If your yard gets more shade than sun, these hardy perennials will still deliver lush foliage and beautiful blooms year after year.

Ferns are some of the most primitive and oldest plants on earth, having existed for over 300 million years. They don’t produce flowers and they reproduce from spores rather than seeds. In the spring ...

A perennial garden with a bit of frost on the plants - Mkovalevskaya/Getty Images Many perennial shrubs benefit from mulch for winter protection. But when should it be applied? As a professional ...

Trying to figure out which plants in your garden are annuals and which are perennials? Here's what to look for throughout the year to determine which is which.