Lilacs are flowering shrubs known for their dark purple fragrant flowers that appear in early spring and summer. These hardy perennials can grow up to 10 feet tall, making them an excellent option ...

If you are tired of ash, aspen and cottonwoods, there are better options that provide multiple seasons of interest in your ...

Prunus padus is commonly known as bird cherry. Prunus is the Latinised form of the Greek word meaning plum, and padus is the ...

A mature wintergreen boxwood is 2 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide. Though its tiny yellow flowers aren’t noticeable, they produce a pleasant scent. Choose shrubs adapted to your region’s ...

Only six years old at the time, I was at first put off by these garish plants. Such strange and vibrant flowers seemed out of place among the respectable beans, peppers, spinach, and other ...

• Make a “base plan.” Measure your property with a tape measure or the measuring app on your smart phone. Plot it on grid ...

Late fall is the perfect time to add some plants, trees, and bushes to your yard to provide nectar for spring migrating ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of firespike plants, ligustrum, cannas, lawns, ...

Use: Useful as a distorted specimen or in masses. Shrubs are used in the landscape to provide transition between tall vertical trees and the horizontal plane of the ground. Shrubs are chosen for habit ...

As the days grow shorter and colder, does your flower garden lose its vibrancy? Succession planting is a technique used by ...

Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that ...

Learn how to care for a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) so you can enjoy these holiday beauties for years to come.