When a shrub that is normally multi-stemmed and rounded/mounding in its growth habit is staked, pruned, and trained into a ...

I am constantly on the lookout for the best plants for a courtyard garden as I have a small courtyard garden myself. It's a ...

Keep a garden journal. Consult your journal in the winter, so you can better plan for the growing season. Central/Eastern Oregon: To prevent winter damage from drying, water plants deeply every six to ...

Our small Japanese garden ideas will be sure to help you on your way. This ancient style of garden uses symbolism and ...

It is native to Mexico and a member of the stonecrop plant family (Crassulaceae). (Courtesy Tom Karwin) Our gardens often have evergreen and deciduous plants at this time of the year. This ...

Another of the top New Year's resolutions that every gardener should make for 2025, Steve Swanborough, gardening expert at ...

No group of plants exemplifies this better than hollies. With their beautiful green foliage and bright red-to-orange berries, ...

but easily earns its place in any size of garden, being bombproof, shade loving, evergreen, and compact. However, come winter, it suddenly steals the show with scent. On still days, from December to ...

How did evergreen trees—whether pine ... were cherry or hawthorn plants, or a branch of the plant, that were put into pots and brought inside so they would flower at Christmas time.