Perennials for the garden

Plants & Flowers

Get planting and care tips from Master Gardeners on every plant in your garden, from annual and perennial flowers to trees and shrubs.
Hydrangea
7 Reasons Your Hydrangea Leaves are Turning Yellow
Container gardens with hydrangeas
65 Container Garden Ideas Packed With Color for Any Space
Lenten rose with light pink and yellow flowers on stems
18 Deer-Resistant Shade Plants to Have in Your Garden
Tomato plant potted in gray container with small red tomatoes hanging between support trellis closeup
How to Grow Tomatoes in Containers
Floral arrangement with various flowers in a glass vase with water
10 Perfect Flower Picks for a Mother’s Day Bouquet, Approved by a Florist
red impatiens
20 Easy Plants to Grow Outdoors
Bleeding heart plant with small fuchsia-colored and heart-shaped flower vines between leaves closeup
32 Best Deer-Resistant Flowering Plants to Grow
Artichoke Plant
8 Groups of Edible Landscaping Plants for Your Backyard
Desert rose plant with bright and light pink flowers on succulent stem with light green leaves
How to Grow and Care for Desert Rose
Hummingbird feeding at a lantana flower.
19 Best Plants to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Yard
day lilies in the sunshine
29 Low-Maintenance Plants for Gardens and Landscaping
plants by a pool
18 Best Plants for Swimming Pool Landscaping
Borage plant with blue flowers and buds
18 Plants That Repel Insects
Agnes Mary Kelway peonies flowers with white and light purple petals closeup
How to Grow and Care for Chinese Peony (Common Garden Peony)
Frontal view of a Hawaiian Pothos plant
How to Grow and Care for Hawaiian Pothos
A green pothos in a white pot sits next to a heart-leaf philodendron in a black pot.
Pothos vs. Philodendron: What's the Difference?
Mahonia shrub with small waxy leaves and tiny yellow flower and bud clusters
How to Grow and Care for Mahonia
Creeping speedwell plant with small blue flowers and scallop-shaped leaves
How to Grow Creeping Speedwell
Abelia shrub with tiny pink tubular flowers and small leaves on branches
How to Grow and Care for Abelia
Epimedium plant stem with pink and yellow dainty flowers closeup
How to Grow and Care for Epimedium
California lilac shrub with bright blue flower spikes and buds
How to Grow and Care for Ceanothus (California Lilacs)
Topiary bushes with leaves cut as crisp orbs around thin stems
11 Best Topiary Plants to Grow
Joe Pye weed
16 Water Loving Plants for Wet Outdoor Areas
Lantana plant with tiny yellow and pink flowers clustered together closeup
19 Plants That Work to Repel Mosquitos in Your Backyard
Orange daylily plant with orange star-shaped flower and buds closeup
How to Grow and Care for Orange Daylily
Closeup of showy milkweed blossoms with a bee pollinator
How to Grow and Care for Showy Milkweed
Lenten rose shrub with light green and fuschia-colored flowers
24 Best Plants That Grow in Shade
Wax begonia plants with clusters light pink flowers and waxy leaves in front of north-facing house
11 Best Shade Plants to Grow Along a North-Facing Wall
Salt-tolerant day lilies with purple and yellow flowers
24 Best Types of Salt-Tolerant Plants for Beach and Roadside Landscaping
Black-eyed susan perennial plant in full sun
12 Best Perennials for Full Sun
staked tomato plant
How to Stake Tomatoes
Closeup of morel mushrooms growing from the ground
How to Grow Morel Mushrooms
lemongrass
How to Grow and Care for Lemongrass
heirloom tomatoes
Beginner Tips for Growing Plumper Heirloom Tomatoes
creeping myrtle
Best Evergreen Flowering Plants to Grow
root vegetable assortment
10 Best Root Garden Vegetables to Successfully Grow
raised bed vegetable garden
Safety Tips for Using Manure in Your Vegetable Garden
beets growing in the garden
6 Best Vegetables to Plant in Early Spring
tomato harvest
How to Start Tomato Seeds Indoors
amaranth makes a good companion for tomato plants
21 Best (and 7 Worst) Companion Plants for Tomatoes
Common winterberry shrub with small scarlet berries on branches with narrow leaves in wooded area
18 Types of Holly Plants
basil growing in various containers
5 Tips for Growing Basil in Pots
cosmos
17 Best Flowers for the Vegetable Garden
Illustration of types of poisonous plants to know
22 Common Poisonous Plants
purple fountain grass
26 Best Fall Flowers for Pots and Container Gardens
New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax and hybrids)
10 Great Ornamental Grasses to Grow in Containers
pink begonias in the shade
11 Great Shade Plants for Container Gardens
women shopping for plants
Where to Find Cheap Plants—12 Places to Look
white roses
17 Best Climbing Roses for Your Garden
rose bush in a garden
15 Types of Roses for Your Garden
Bridal wreath spirea
How to Grow and Care for Bridal Wreath Spirea
purple fountain grass
How to Grow and Care for Purple Fountain Grass
yellow rose
18 Great Roses for Shady Gardens
petunias in a hanging basket
10 Best Flowers for Hanging Baskets
closeup of caladium leaves
Top 18 Plants for Dazzling Foliage
rabbit nibbling in a garden
Rabbit-Proof Plants
cucumber ready for harvest
Why are Cucumbers Bitter?
rotting stem cuttings
How to Propagate Plants Using Stem Cuttings
closeup of tomato suckers
Should You Prune Out Tomato Suckers?
tomatoes growing in containers
Common Mistakes Growing Tomatoes in Containers