There are a number of gardening “holidays” and observances that we might choose to celebrate in the month of June. Among others, June is National Pollinator Month, National Great Outdoors Month, ...

At the International Plant Trialing Conference, John Ruter, director of the Trial Gardens at The University of Georgia, talks ...

Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) isn’t particularly showy — with its pale, gray-green foliage and tiny flowers you could walk right past it without even noticing it — but this native perennial ...

This year, I decided to grow something different in my herb garden. In past years, I have grown varieties of mints (chocolate, mojito, apple, pineapple and spearmint) and found they could be quite ...

My pollinator perennial garden is the heart of my yard. It’s where bees, butterflies and birds congregate to enjoy blossoms that begin with daisies and daylilies in spring, peak with bee balm and ...

* What it is: Sometimes called "clustered mountain mint" or "short-toothed mountain mint," this native perennial has silvery-gray leaves and small clusters of pinkish flowers that form on cones at the ...

Behind my garden of native plants, one scrappy perennial holds its own among the tangle of goldenrod stalks and blackberry brambles. Its swaying flowerheads buzz with a throng of insects: golden ...

Garden catalogs provide a colorful respite from the dreary winter weather. It’s a good time to consider what will be new for 2025. If you’re a trendsetter, then you will be interested in the plants ...

If someone told you to go and find a bunch of mountain mints, where would you look? Strangely enough, if you went looking for mountain mints in the mountains, you might have a hard time finding them.