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All these annual plants are grown for their beautiful foliage, rather than bright flowers, and add an extra dimension of interest to the garden.

These perennials, annuals and other plants will add a chivalrous feel to your garden as you celebrate the myth of the Knights of the Round Table.

With the cooling days of autumn, many summer perennials begin to cease their blooms. Gardeners can keep the color going for the autumn months by including these plants.

Buddleias are easy to grow garden plants, producing masses of long lasting flowers. They have attractive foliage and are very popular with bees and butterflies.

The climbing varieties of lonicera, or honeysuckle, bear sumptuous, often sweetly scented blooms from early summer to autumn. Some also have attractive evergreen foliage.

A wide variety of ornamental trees and shrubs have sprung from the native holly tree. They're easy to grow if you know how, and understand the differences between them.

An alphabetical listing of all the plant profiles covering flowering plants, garden shrubs, ornamental trees and more. An online plant encyclopedia with growing details.

Standard shrubs have a head of branches at the top of a clear stem. They give height to borders, make excellent lawn specimens and are ideal for tubs and large pots.

Viburnum is a versatile shrub with year round appeal. With showy fragrant flowers and attractive summer and fall foliage, the viburnum can grace all types of gardens.

Creating a special garden in honor and memory of a loved one, wedding anniversary, child's birth or other special event is easy by selecting one of memorable plants.

In garden designs, evergreen and flowering shrubs, in their huge variety, offer an ideal backdrop for other garden plants. Many can give year round colour and interest.

Astilbe plants are an excellent choice for gardeners to add color to a shade garden and flower heads also make good cut flowers.

A relaxing garden atmosphere for reflection and meditation is easy to create using some of these ancient Japanese principles in your garden landscape design.

Zonal geraniums are an easy to grow flowering favorite for gardeners everywhere. Their showy blooms make them a must for every flower garden.

Sandy soil can be difficult to deal with in the landscape. These perennials all thrive in sandy soil that drains water quickly and work well for tough garden areas.

Bulbs are a great way to add accent and color to mixed containers to increase the drama and impact. See some favorite bulb plants for baskets, pots and planters.

Any hobbyist can learn to arrange flowers in attractive, creative designs. Here are some basic guidelines to help design a beautiful flower bouquet, vase or centerpiece.

Attractive evergreen shrubs can be trained up walls and fences as a colorful backdrop for other perennial plants and garden borders.

This family of annual vines has been charming gardeners for centuries as a staple of cottage and heirloom gardens. Fragrant and colorful flowers abound.

'They always get too big, ungainly and out of control' is the criticism regularly levelled at shrubs. But this is not so with many easy to care for woody evergreens.

Until we solve many of our current pollution problems some urban gardens will suffer. Here are smog tolerant options for gardens in dirty cities.

The flowering cherry tree comes in many varieties. Most offer a sumptuous display of cherry blossom in spring. Some also have ornamental bark, or bright autumn foliage.

Tansy (tanacetum vulgare) is a perennial herb that has a number of uses in desert gardens.

These English Roses retain a growth habit closer to the modern roses and tend to be a bit showier than the other groups. See some favorite Leander Group selections.

It can be difficult to find good plants for shaded areas in your garden design, but many attractive evergreen and flowering shrubs will grow well in a shady garden.

Wild Indigos are good meadow plants but also look attractive and are well-behaved in a perennial border, not crowding out their neighbors.

The soil under trees can be dry even with regular watering because the roots use the moisture quickly. See seven perennials that thrive in difficult shady conditions

A favorite of English and Cottage Gardeners, the garden cranesbill is an excellent choice of flowering perennial for any garden situation. Here's how to care for them.

Plants with mounding growth habit add weight and substance to a container planting combination by filling it in and creating a mass of color.

Follow these practical design tips and planning advice to plant a flower garden in part or full shade.

The Alice Sundew is an attractive, easy to grow rosette sundew from South Africa good for cool greenhouses and sunny windowsills.

Many perennial herbs and plants are known for being useful in homemade teas, giving gardeners the chance to enjoy plants and money-saving drink too!