Send this article to your social connections. My backyard is a graveyard, littered with the sad reminders of failed edible perennials. There’s a forlorn square along the western fence that was an ...

The author of “The Heirloom Gardener” offers tips for growing a garden of lush perennials you can put in a soup or add to a salad. By Margaret Roach Many weeks before tomato seedlings can be safely ...

SHOOTING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: Asparagus shoots are one of many edible perennials that grow well in Western North Carolina and can help provide food during the early spring months when annual crops are ...

"Edimentals" are a current gardening trend that combine beauty and taste in a single plant. Discover which vegetable offers ...

Derek Markham is a green living expert who started writing for Treehugger in 2012. This slender spring beauty may be the most well-known perennial vegetable. As demonstrated by its high price in the ...

Hostas are an ideal ground cover, but they can also require a lot of work. However, there's a hardy perennial that covers ...

An annual is a plant that lives and dies in one growing season. A perennial regrows and reblooms year after year. In our busy world, why plant anything but perennials? Because annuals are the backbone ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Those ...

We usually think of vegetables as annuals, here for one season and gone, but there are many perennial vegetables that grow well in the Bay Area. Contra Costa Master Gardeners Janet Miller and Helen ...

An annual is a plant that lives and dies in one growing season. A perennial regrows and reblooms year after year. In our busy world, why plant anything but perennials? Because annuals are the backbone ...