Dozens of salvia varieties grow beautifully in containers or in the ground as annuals. But come frost, they’re done. Some salvias, however, will overwinter in the North, and as hybridizers have worked to breed more cultivars of these perennial salvia, the options for northern gardeners are growing exponentially. Which salvia grow here? Most perennial salvias for…

If you enjoy watching hummingbirds in the garden or seeing lots of pollinators on your plants, be sure to plant some annual salvias next year. Salvia is an enormous genus of plants with more than 1,000 species, including those that are annual, perennial or shrubs. The herb sage (Salvia officianalis) is also a salvia. Why…

This article on our MSHS gardening webinars originally appeared in the July/August issue of Northern Gardener. To help our members grow as gardeners, MSHS has been offering more digital classes than ever before. In fact, hundreds of new and experienced gardeners have taken advantage of our free and reduced price gardening webinars during the past…