Native plants play a critical role in our ecosystem for beneficial insects, birds, wildlife and important microorganisms living in and on the soil. Native perennials provide a range of flowers that ...

Houston gardeners Gina Craig and Doreen Gallevo no longer spend glorious October days doing traditional fall gardening chores — all that leaf blowing, raking, deadheading and pruning that creates ...

While high summer tends to be the time when our garden borders reach their colorful climax, many popular perennials can keep the show going long into the fall months. Think golden-yellow blooms of ...

All types of helenium ignite late summer displays with intense, fiery shades. Their stunning daisy-like flowers unfold around a central showy pin-cushion, each bloom like a vibrant shuttlecock of ...