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 ...

These plants included everything from tomatoes in the garden to field corn, dahlias and spreading petunias, to several types ...

"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 ...

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, ...

Flowering shrubs are ideal for adding structure, color, and texture to gardens, landscaping projects, or natural areas. They ...

Flowering shrubs and small flowering trees serve important roles in the landscape. Not only do they bring color and aesthetic value to homes and gardens, but they also enhance soil stability, improve ...

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, ...

As well as producing flowers at a time of year when any and every fragile bloom is to be treasured, trees and shrubs provide structure to the winter garden. This can come in the form of loose outlines ...

Late summer is a time of full to bursting herbaceous borders. The hot riotous colours of red hot pokers[ Kniphofia], monbretias [Crocosmia], coneflower [Rudbeckia] and sneezeweed [Helenium] sizzling ...