Of all of the early emerging spring flowers, few show up with more vigor, pizazz and bursts of color than the cool weather loving, long blooming pansy (Viola x Wittrockiana). Pansies are cultivars of ...

Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One of the most exciting parts of the early spring season is the leaves ...

When it comes to low-maintenance, self-seeding flowers that will keep your garden full of color all season and for years to come, many of your best choices will be native wildflowers. These plants ...

Several annual and perennial plants can add a splash of color to your landscape in early spring. Consider planting ranunculus in a pot or basket for a stunning display of pastel colors. Chives, while ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

Most of our autumn gardening time is spent cleaning up and putting plants to bed for the winter, but it can also be a time to be proactive about improving our gardens for next spring. The greatest ...

A pinnacle goal for every gardener is to have a flower bed that dazzles all season long. Some green thumb energy and great weather certainly help in that department, but certain flowers bloom extra ...

Those bright, fuchsia-colored flowering trees that give sparkle to drab early spring landscapes are redbuds. Redbuds flower when few other trees are flowering and the color they give a landscape is ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...