Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Encourage bees, butterflies and insects into your yard this spring and summer by planting flowers that attract pollinators. Apart from watching the wildlife at work, you’ll play a vital role in ...

Walker’s Low Catmint is a fragrant herbaceous perennial that attracts bees, butterflies.. .... and hummingbirds. It grows about 24-30 inches tall and spreads to about 36 inches. With small purple ...

Dashes of white decorate the dark petals of Petunia 'Night Sky.' (Corina Reynolds Stearns, Portland Nursery) Though not strutting the runway or preening in front of mirrors, plants make a splash every ...

If you want to create a thriving, low-maintenance garden, ground covers are the way to go. These plants help out by suppressing weeds and controlling erosion, but many ground covers are also really ...

Visitors to my garden are usually surprised to see the number of butterflies sailing around the yard. The butterflies move quickly and are hard to count, but we typically have a couple dozen chasing ...

Winter can feel a little bare once the last of the summer blooms fade, but your garden doesn't have to turn into a colorless plant ghost town. There are several flowers you can plant in fall that will ...

All of October and into early November is the ideal time to plant spring bulbs (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc.) in central Pennsylvania. This timing allows the new bulbs to put down roots while ...

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