In gardening, you've probably heard plants described as annuals and perennials a lot. That's because knowing the difference between annual and perennial plants will help you understand how each type ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

You’ve probably heard plants described as annuals and perennials in gardening. Knowing the difference between annual vs. perennial plants will help you understand how each type will behave in your ...

You might think you have to wait until spring to sow seeds for summer flowers, but to get beautiful blooms early in the year, ...

Annual plants complete their life cycle in one year; perennial plants live for three years or more. It's only intuitive that biennials have a two-year life cycle. But the plant is not the same both ...

THERE appears to be no lull in the demand for books on gardening if one may judge from the voluminous output of this class of article. It would seem scarcely possible nowadays for anyone not to be ...

We spoke with three garden experts on different reasons to allow plants to go to seed, including benefits for wildlife, for your garden, and for yourself.

Fall perennials can be just as colorful and pretty as those in summer gardens—it just takes a little planning. Although these ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The Georgetown Times features John Nelson’s Mystery Plant series each Wednesday. You can find the answer to today’s mystery plant next Wednesday. The answer to last week’s Mystery Plant ...

Whether you have a garden or you're interested in starting one, you're likely familiar with the terms annual and perennial. Both are used to describe the growing cycle of plants, but knowing the ...

Whenever I wander around garden centers, I try to listen to what shoppers are saying as they select plants to take home. I learn a lot when listening to comments from gardeners about which plants they ...