Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coneflowers grow alongside white Astrantia - mcajan/Shutterstock As summer starts to wind down, one of the first things many of us ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astrantia flowers. Many flowering plants, such as astrantia, self-seed, which means mother nature takes care of their dispersal ...

Woman digging in a raised garden bed in winter, preparing for spring. - Natalia Savilova/Shutterstock In the heart of winter, your yard may be draped in shades of gray and white, but January is the ...

Maybe it's an aging thing, this disenchantment with ostentatious beauty, but humbler flowers increasingly look better all the time. Handsome is precisely as handsome does, which is what makes ...

OF all the so-called "cottage garden" plants, the astrantia is one of the most endearing. But, like many of its fellows, it cannot truthfully trace its ancestry back to the cottage garden - and that ...

Astrantia major or Ruby Wedding was introduced in 1986 in Oxfordshire, England at the garden of Phyllis Barwood. It was named in honour of her 40th Ruby Anniversary and what a distinction that must ...

A curved lawn surrounded by a sunny summer garden in full bloom. - Traybo13/Shutterstock If you want a garden with lots of color during the peak of summer, consider a clump-forming herbaceous plant ...

The perpetrator of this nuisance disfigurement is a fly called Phytomyza astrantiae, which, as the name suggests, is host-specific. The fly punctures the leaves to lay its eggs, and it is the tiny ...

Planting summer flowers is the easiest way to brighten up your garden throughout the warm season, and there are plenty of vibrant blooms which can be dug into beds and borders right now. Tender ...

GINA PARKINSON feels a touch sentimental as talks up the astrantia. The astrantia is an attractive family of cottage garden plants providing long-lasting interest from as early as April and well into ...

As summer starts to wind down, one of the first things many of us miss is the quiet yet constant hum of pollinators drifting through the garden. That soft buzz is the sound of a thriving yard in peak ...