Q: I have planted lots of shasta daisies to attract pollinators to my backyard. They have flowered beautifully over summer – but now that fall is on the horizon, is it time to cut them back? A: Shasta ...

It's funny how, on the one hand, you can't wait for the spring to fox-trot in and relieve you from the wintry drab. But once it does, the relief is quickly overcome by a feeling of overwhelm. After ...

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Dividing plants is an easy way to keep your garden healthy and thriving, even as the colder months approach. November is a unique time because many perennials begin to go dormant, which makes moving ...

Do you know why the flower went to the dentist? It needed a root canal. Flowers don’t need dentists, of course, but humans do come in handy for other flower tasks. For example, most perennials thrive ...

Q: I planted a small bed of Shasta daisies several years ago, on the east side of the house that gets morning sun. For two years, they bloomed profusely and gradually spread to fill in the space. For ...

Dividing plants will thin out crowded beds and give you more plants to move around or give away. Question: I have several plants in my yard that are outgrowing their space. I’d like to move them to ...

Now is a good time to divide and transplant some of your perennials. I recently dug up and moved Shasta daisies, Siberian iris and snakeroot. Most perennials can be divided in either spring or fall, ...

The common name daisy is derived from the Old English term "dægesege," which translates to "day's eye," or "eye of the day." The name suggests a daisy looks like the sun with its rays shining out in ...

Some spring-flowering perennials bloom better if the plants are thinned every few years, and some perennials will decline if they are not divided on a regular basis. Irises are in the first category.