During the warmer months of the year, gardeners all around the country head to their local nursery or garden center to find interesting plants they can add to their yards. Many also search for ...

When you want to enhance your curb appeal, few plants make as bold and captivating a statement as orange flowering ground covers. These cheerfully showy, low-maintenance plants bring a pretty ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. An evergreen flowering ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowering shrubs aren't just for adding beauty to your garden. They're wonderful attractors of important ...

When we write and edit Home & Garden stories, we sometimes assume that an unknown number of you are gardening for the very first time or gardening here for the very first time. For the uninitiated, I ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

Last week we discussed control of the invasive bush honeysuckle and its impact on our local ecosystem. Many homeowners are sad to see bush honeysuckle removed, as the shrub can be attractive in the ...

The gap between a basic yard and a show-stopping garden isn't about money or space, but about choosing plants that actually perform. While your neighbors fuss over lawn stripes and sprinkler timers, ...

I know, I know, we're deep into the cold season here in Connecticut and who's thinking about flowering shrubs? I'd venture to say that many gardeners are, especially as those tempting catalogs arrive, ...