Banana plants, Musa spp., are herbaceous perennials native to tropical and subtropical rainforests. Increasingly popular, they add structure and panache to both indoor and outdoor gardens. From dwarf ...

Add a splash of colour to your garden this summer with a vibrant collection of evergreen shrubs that will stay bright and ...

Some of the best dried flowers are strawflowers, celosia, statice, baby’s breath, lavender, amaranth, roses, and hydrangeas.

Think small with the top picks for dwarf container shrubs. advertisement. Birds & Blooms. ... Finally, don’t be afraid to grow them in the company of annuals, perennials or even dwarf conifers.

Water plants thoroughly and apply 1 to 2 inches of mulch, avoiding the area closest to stem. Pruning Purple Pixie® Dwarf Weeping Loropetalum Purple Pixie® requires very little pruning to ...

A dwarf shrub is pretty much anything under 6 feet tall; many are much shorter. Though 6 feet seems pretty tall, ... Flowering dwarf shrubs are great companion plants for perennials, ...

Here’s what to plant when cooler weather arrives in your area. Mark Sandlin for Southern Living® Plant Collection. In the Southeast, the toughest growing season for plants is summer. “Fall ...

Growing to about 10 feet tall, the corkscrew hazel looks stately on its own or when planted with lower growing shrubs and perennials. It’s known to attract birds and pollinators too. USDA Zone ...

These perennial plants don’t need much water to keep your ... the two semi-dwarf oleanders that I recently ogled — a Petite Pink and a Petite Salmon — have been growing for well over ...

To learn more about prairie-hardy shrubs, take in Colour and Design in the Perennial and Mixed Borders at the University of Saskatchewan’s master gardener program’s Spring Renewal on Saturday ...

Here are shrubs and perennials for your garden that enjoy the heat and need less water By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer September 24, 2022 5:00 AM ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Using rock salt on driveways and sidewalks seems like a good idea in winter, but your plants may hate you for it come spring. Road or rock salt, which is used to melt ice, seeps ...