Perennials

How to grow all kinds of summer squash. How-to, tips, common plant diseases, and links to great squash resources on the web!

Agastache is a genus of mostly aromatic plants with small flowers in spikes.

A short review of some of my favourite seed companies, now all online. Updated to include the web address of the indispensable JL Hudson company URL among others.

How I manage chickens in my garden. My methods are purely selfish -- I make no extra work for myself. Instead, my chickens are the worker bees, keeping weeds and grass down, providing compost, and, of course, entertainment

A gardeners outlook on deer including testimonials about deer barriers, gardening with deer and a little bit about the future of Perennials at Suite101.com.

A basic guide to stretching for gardeners, based on what muscle groups will need attention before and after each gardening session.

Heron's Bills, like their close cousins the hardy geraniums, are extremely versatile. Read how to grow them, how to use them in your landscape and view a bunch of really nice pictures of them too.

The dinner plate hibiscus offers extremely large flowers for such a hardy plant. They're so easy to grow that an article on how to grow them is almost not necessary. Think of this as a great big advertisement for them.

Highlights from 3 years of discussions, featuring the best tips that readers have left for future fig growers

The bluest of blue fescues needn't be elusive. Learn how to plant them, combine them with other things to show off their blueness, and keep them from browning out in the middle like so many older patches of the stuff.