A perennial sunflower planted in Yellow Jacket holds promise By Cameryn Cass Special to The Journal Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024 2:09 PM Updated Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 3:33 PM ...

If you want a low-maintenance summer garden, choosing species that are adapted to the heat is key. This swamp-loving flower is the perfect pick.

Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that will come back after the winter? That depends on which sunflower you ...

Also known as ox-eye sunflowers, false sunflowers are easy-growing flowering perennials that naturalize in grasslands and at the edge of woodlands. They are a wildflower native to the eastern two ...

The benefits of sunflowers are so abundant that no yard should be without them. I’m not referring to the large-headed annual cultivars you see growing in a field, but rather the native perennial ...

Pollen and nectar-rich perennial sunflowers include Helianthus angustifolius, an easy-going 6-footer with abundant clusters of 3-inch blossoms from mid- to late summer.

Late Summer's Perennial Spectacular. August 26, 2009. By Adrian Higgins. As unpleasantly hot and humid as Washington can be in August, there are moments in the garden when it's actually quite ...

Last week, I published a story at NOVA Next about perennial crops, which, in this context, are grains and oilseeds bred to survive multiple seasons. The basic gist is this: researchers are trying ...