Silvery stems in winter and a haze of purple blooms in spring and summer make this spiky plant a year-round performer in the garden

Get beautiful blooms and herbs in summer by starting these choice garden picks from seed in spring

The long-lived, drought-tolerant Stipa pulchra is as admired for its benefits as for its good looks

Sandpaper verbena's deep purple flowers create a colorful carpet in drought-tolerant gardens

Royally beautiful but mingling well with the masses, plants with purple flowers or foliage are worthy of homage in any garden

Put the beach reads away; these comfy spaces are creating a fall reading list. What books do they suggest to you?

These fascinating moths may be helpful pollinators for your garden. Here’s how to coax them your way

Looking for plants that calm with color in the heat of summer? Look no further than these 14 soothing beauties

Stately New York ironweed attracts pollinators with its blooms at the end of summer and birds with its seeds in fall

Revive summer-weary gardens with outstanding late bloomers such as toad lily, Russian sage, blanket flower and more