It may not be keeping you awake at night, but knowing the difference between catmint vs catnip is helpful and could impact ...

Nepeta, the highly aromatic and pretty perennial beloved of so many country gardens, may be your feline’s favourite fix, but we should be wary of its root, warns Deborah Nicholls-Lee ...

Discover a variety of fast-growing, spreading perennials and learn how to care for them in your garden. Explore tips and ...

Most perennial salvias bloom from summer through autumn and flower more abundantly with frequent deadheading. If you want to ...

Most of us have heard of catnip, and cat lovers might even gift their beloved pets with a bit of this intoxicating treat now and then, but not many of us actually grow this plant in our gardens.

I recently read an article on the importance of feeding our pollinating insects through a carefully planned garden. The ...

Perennial flowers are the gift that keeps on giving for your garden, returning year after year and putting on a beautiful show in the warmer months. However, some of these plants can even bloom ...

Don’t let biting bugs keep you from enjoying your outdoor spaces this year. Instead, scatter plants that keep mosquitoes in ...

Catmint, or Nepeta spp., is an impressive flowering perennial, usually blooming from late spring through to late summer. I first fell for catmint a few years back, while working as a gardener in ...

Gardeners are raving about Alan Titchmarsh's "perfect" garden that he created using only three plants. They couldn't get over ...

Chores may be a fact of life — but a new nationwide survey from American Home Shield reveals just how much Americans dislike them and how cleaning (or not cleaning) can affect your emotional ...