Each spring, tall, lush spires of brightly colored lupine blooms appear and last through the summer, feeding wildlife and endearing passersby across North America. Whether they’re annual species like ...

Dear Master Gardener: I've been trying to grow lupine for the past few years with no luck. Are they hardy here? Answer: Lupine (Lupinus) are cool climate perennials native to North America. The ...

Dig a hole about two to three times the size of your division. Place your transplant in the hole at the same depth it was originally, backfill the soil, tamp down, and water well. Don’t fertilize ...

Two people deadheading various flowers in a garden - Annie Otzen/Getty Images You've probably heard that you should think twice before pruning your garden in the summer heat. This is good advice, as ...

If your land has been charred, saturated, salinified, dehydrated, liquified, bulldozed or frozen by extreme weather, you may need to revegetate. The sooner it is stabilized with living things, the ...

Now is a good time of year to think "perennial": which plants really are, and which ones could be. The word perennial, among gardeners, usually refers to an herbaceous (non-woody) flowering plant — ...

The false lupine ( Thermopsis chinensis) is one of the earliest sunny perennials to flower in the spring. The pealike flowers resemble those of false indigo and true lupines. Butterflies are attracted ...

If your land has been charred, saturated, salinified, dehydrated, liquified, bulldozed and frozen by extreme weather, you may need to revegetate. The sooner it is stabilized with living things, the ...

If you're looking for a fantastic, old-fashioned perennial that is beautiful and tough, Baptisia, commonly called false indigo, may be the plant for you. I planted a clump in my garden about five ...