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The Perennial Plant Association has announced Aralia cordata 'Sun King' as its 2020 Perennial Plant of the Year™. Compared to trad

You don't have to know how to pronounce it to enjoy it, but it doesn't hurt!It's obvious how the plant got the common name of "coneflower,"

When it’s an Acorus. Sure, it looks like a grass – it’s even earned the “grassy-leaved” moniker among sweet flag fans – but this is a plant

Delosperma cooperiHow strange to think that to fill a hot dry spot, you’d turn to the ice cold choice? Cooper’s hardy ice plant gets its nam

Finding the right plants to fill a shady spot can be tough, especially in dry shade. Fortunately, Carex pensylvanica solves the sh

The Proven Winners National Plant of the Year campaign seeks to highlight the best of the best from each collection. These are plants that h

It's because the tiny, shiny, black seeds of coreopsis look a bit like ticks. It's NOT because these beautiful plants attract or harbor th

"America's favorite daylily"That's what 'Stella d'Oro' daylily is known as, and for good reason. One of the first-ever reblooming dayliles (

There are multiple reasons why you might want to add fragrant plants to your garden. If you enjoy having pollinators in your garden, adding

Lavender is easy to love, but hard to grow for some people - Phenomenal changes all that! Proven to be one of the toughest, most durable lav

A beautiful, useful ground cover, it quickly forms a tight, low-growing carpet of green, and it's covered in really neat purple blooms in la

From the AHS -Don't you just love this time of year? Hostas are poking up all over the place, unfurling their leaves signaling the