This low-maintenance perennial comes in a stunning pink with ruffled blooms, and its tall, sturdy stems make it excellent for garden borders and containers.

This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...

The Perennial Plant Association has selected Dianthus gratianopolitanus Firewitch’ (Feuerhexe’) as its 2006 Perennial Plant of the Year. Also known as a cheddar pink, the perennial dianthus is an ...

But don’t clean up your beds or cut back your perennials too soon, despite how productive it might feel. Part of the issue is timing, since the last frost has not passed yet in many places. Depending ...

The most anticipated new fall flower arrived in my area and I didn't even get to see it. Let that be a warning to all of you gardeners getting ready for fall planting. The plant I am talking about is ...

‘Given the choices— real estate, gambling, aerobics or television — dianthus addiction seems a delightfully fresh direction for 20th century compulsives.” I know Katherine Whitesides was right about ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

The most anticipated new fall flower arrived in my area and I didn’t even get to look. Let that be a warning to all of you gardeners getting ready for fall planting. The plant I am talking about is ...

I’M PRETTY SURE I became a gardener so I could pick flowers with impunity. Once, on the way to school in the second grade, I gathered a small posy of pinks for my teacher. Rather than graciously ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

You’ve probably heard plants described as annuals and perennials in gardening. Knowing the difference between annual vs. perennial plants will help you understand how each type will behave in your ...