This time in June is when your roses will be blooming, and with good planning, the naked knees of your rose plants will be hidden behind other flowering perennials. Plants that reseed and are easy to ...
Stalwarts of our front and backyards, perennials can provide months of color and interest year after year. Generally lower-maintenance than annual plants, perennials, once established, tend to get on ...
M.B.: It is never too late to tidy up lady's mantle or Alchemilla mollis. This prolific lady should be deadheaded or have her spent yellow flower plumes removed in midsummer to prevent her from ...
Some perennials don't get the accolades they deserve. They don't demand attention with magnificent blooms of sweet-smelling perfume or display eye-popping shades. Instead, they are content to play a ...
GLENCOE, Ill. The Chicago Botanic Garden is releasing results of a six-year comparative study of lady's mantles (Alchemilla) in its 24th issue of Plant Evaluation Notes: "An Evaluation Study of ...