Discover easy-care perennials that spread fast, filling your garden with vibrant color and lush texture all season long.

For gardeners who lament the arrival of summer because it means pea season is over, consider the venerable pigeon pea -- a hardy perennial that can produce successive harvests during the year. The ...

Sweet peas are delicate plants that are easy to grow and add both colour and interest to gardens. Annual sweet peas smell sweet and will most flower in the summer months. Perennial sweet peas don’t ...

Know what kind of plant you are buying and you'll know how long it should be able to live in your garden. Here are the basics: Annual --A plant that grows, flowers and sets seed in one year. Sweet ...

I have a perennial sweet pea on my balcony – it’s in a pot and in a sunny spot with sun from 4pm onwards. I have got some blooms from it this summer. However, the bottom of the plant looks very ...