These easy-to-plant perennials for June will bring colour, interest, and intrigue to your outdoor space right until autumn.

If there's one plant that can inject a little razzle-dazzle into the border during this gloomy summer, it is Helenium 'Sahin's Early Flowerer'. This provides a vibrant mix of orange and ...

WHEREAS summer often peters out, leaving a blurred line between the seasons, this year autumn appears to have arrived quite suddenly. We may yet be treated to a period of bright, stable weather that ...

After this cool spring and summer I know we're not quite ready for autumn, but experienced gardeners are already eyeing plants that will prosper in the late summer and early fall. One of my favorites ...

Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. We grow many heleniums at Longmeadow, in the Jewel Garden, Grass Borders and Damp Garden. With their rich ...

We are moving into the later part of summer when all of the spring and early summer perennials have finished up and it is time for those mid- to late-summer bloomers to take front stage. Keeping the ...

READERS of a certain age will have little difficulty recalling the opening titles of the 1970s children’s TV series Little House on the Prairie. As a rousing orchestra strikes up, a smiling Charles ...