Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! The dry weather continues here in the Valley. I hope we receive the rain which is in the forecast for the weekend. Water needs for our field crops, ...

The first week of October is a great time to replant, reinvent and restyle your porch and patio planters.

Right now with its colorful bright pink flowers in bloom, the sedum called Autumn Joy appears in many perennial beds. It is one of my favorite plants, and it's the sedum most people know. There are ...

Sometimes a name says it all. Nowhere is this more evident than with the fall-blooming succulent sedum 'Autumn Joy.' This vigorous deciduous perennial features large (up to 5 inches) bluish-green ...

Are you looking for reliable plants that thrive year after year? These are no secret—they are the perennials expert gardeners always grow. These plants are beautiful and low-maintenance, year after ...

Having a beautiful garden every month of the year can be quite a challenge. Depending on where you live, your growing conditions can make choosing the right plants for year-round appeal a difficult ...

Pruning is necessary for many perennials as they begin to fade, but these plants could be damaged by the process or even die as a result of the cooler weather.

The gardener’s call for vivid color may be answered not only by water-needy annual flowers but by perennial, drought tolerant succulents as well. Anyone who doubts the veracity of this claim need only ...

The good old days often look better in the rearview mirror than when one was actually living them. Take gardening, for example. Heck, we didn’t even have Wave Petunias when I was a kid. And even ...