Were are planting suggestions from the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, Rolling Meadows. Remember that these trees and shrubs must be ...

I have a Japanese lilac “tree.” How can I get it to have more blooms on it? This year there were hardly any. The trunk of the tree is about three inches around and about 4½-feet tall with the round ...

Japanese barberry is a “popular, non-native, ornamental shrub” that you can often find in nurseries, but yet another state is banning it. The newest state to announce a phased banning of the plant is ...

Pennsylvania is considering banning the Japanese barberry because its aggressive growth crowds out native plants and — more alarmingly — it’s an ideal home for the kind of ticks that carry Lyme ...

A: For E. B., especially: My guess is that you are thinking of Japanese barberry, a shrub that has been a long grown as a yard shrub and often kept well kept and nicely trimmed; even shared among ...

Japanese Barberry, an invasive shrub that has become widely-used in landscaping due to its color and ability to keep deer away, will soon be prohibited in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

Learning how to grow lilac in pots is a good idea if you are looking to elevate container displays in compact yards. While ...

6 Little-Known Lilac Facts That May Surprise You Lilacs are of some of the hardiest and most fragrant flowering bushes in our gardens. But, there's more to this shrub than just beautiful, fragrant ...