Key Points Plant perennials in fall so they can establish roots before spring blooms.Choose native varieties to attract ...

Incense Passion Flower has 3-4 inch deep purple blooms. One of the hardiest passion vines. The Incense Passion Flower has deep purple 3-4" blooms that are fragrant. It is a fast-growing herbaceous ...

Avoid deadheading the spent blooms of coneflowers, as these provide seeds in the colder months. Coneflower seeds are a vital ...

Quite a few years ago, I bought a passion flower at Country Market Nursery. Usually it flowers about once a year. During the warm months it sits on the railing of my deck in partial sun. I bring it ...

Passiflora incarnata, or passion flower, was so named by 16th century Spanish explorers who thought the flower’s petals and sepals resembled Jesus Christ’s crown of thorns. There are about 500 species ...

Spring is finally here and Grace and Lilly’s farm has the perfect flowers to beautify any yard. The Manchester farm is based in the yard of owner Laurie Robinson’s home. She does all the gardening ...

Jane Edmanson visits plant growers Matt Reed and Mike Morant, who grow 1000 different varieties of perennial plants at their nursery in Kinglake. When the 2009 Black Saturday fires came through they ...

Mexican sage (Salvia leucantha) leads the purple parade each fall. This robust perennial will persist in the garden for up to ...

Christine Gleason of Findley Lake describes how the perennial swap will take place. FINDLEY LAKE — Diamonds may be forever, but perennials that are shared can last nearly as long. Nearly a dozen ...

Marijke Niles cried after she moved to Starksboro from South Bend, Ind., in 2001. While she was happy to relocate to northern Vermont — close to mountains and her daughter, who was then attending ...