Lavender is a fragrant and attractive perennial with distinct, namesake-colored blooms and numerous culinary and medicinal uses. However, growing and caring for lavender isn't always easy.

Perennials come back year after year ... daisy-like flowers in colors ranging from white to yellow and from lavender to purple. One of the best cultivars I’ve found is called Raydon’s Favorite ...

Seed catalogs are out, and it’s time to select spring garden plants, with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and squash being the popular choices. These are all grown as annuals, plants that grow for ...