Mt. Cuba Center, the Delaware public garden that specializes in native plantings, has some useful new information that can help you grow a better garden this year. It's just released the latest of its ...

Amid the seasonal scruffiness, there are signs of life in our garden. The giant coreopsis, which was looking seriously dead, has decided to leaf out. Although it's not supposed to get summer water, we ...

Tickseed, also called coreopsis, is a mainstay in my butterfly garden. The yellow-flowering plant in its truest form is native to every county in Virginia and most of the United States and Canada. My ...

August sees the peak of many perennials, with flowers starting to wilt and look a little tired as the month progresses. Spring and early summer usually sees the vast majority of blooms, and you might ...

A good haircut does a lot of us good, and it is true in the plant world as well, especially with annuals and perennials. In the middle of the summer, some perennials need a heavy pruning to bloom ...

Hockessin – In a newly published research report, Mt. Cuba Center details the results of a three-year study of 94 selections of coreopsis to determine which ones performed best in the Mid-Atlantic ...