You've likely used the terms, "annual," "biennial," and "perennial," while referring to plants in your garden, and unwittingly banished weeds to a completely different category. However, weeds are ...

Whether you have a garden or you're interested in starting one, you're likely familiar with the terms annual and perennial. Both are used to describe the growing cycle of plants, but knowing the ...

As you look through all the seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox and dream about the garden season to come, you may find yourself a bit confused about certain terms you find in those catalogs. Some ...

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 ...

Another cold snap (hopefully winter’s last) blanketed our area for several days, requiring some of us (me included) to return sensitive plants to protected areas. Soon it will be time to return ...

Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

"Annual, biennial and perennial." Sounds like an incantation from a "Harry Potter" movie, but it's gardener lingo that divides up the whole bedding-plant world. If you're new to gardening, these three ...

Annual. Biennial. Perennial. It sounds like an incantation from a “Harry Potter” movie. But it’s gardener lingo that divides up the whole bedding-plant world. If you’re new to gardening, these three ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You know what they say about April showers, right? Well, when all those May flowers start to poke their heads out to say hello, you may see some familiar ...

Whenever I wander around garden centers, I try to listen to what shoppers are saying as they select plants to take home. I learn a lot when listening to comments from gardeners about which plants they ...