Deutzia
A dependable shrub that’s making a comeback with new varieties that feature different leaf colors, flowers and shapes. Learn all about it here.
Flowering Quince
A beautiful flowering shrub for early spring that’s tough and easy to grow–what could be better? Learn all about it here.
Rose Rosette Disease
Also called “witches’ broom,” this disease has the potential to decimate your roses. Click through to learn more.
The New Forsythia
While old-fashioned varieties have their place, there’s a lot to love in new varieties. And with so many options, no one should be without these perky yellow flowers. Learn about them here!
Evergreen Pruning: When, Why, How
Pruning can do so much for your evergreen shrubs and trees, from shaping them to making them look fuller. But you have to know how and when to do it to keep them healthy.
All About Heaths and Heathers
With dainty leaves and bell-shaped flowers, heaths and heathers make great additions to your garden! Learn how to keep them happy and what plants work well with them.
Our Favorite Early-Blooming Shrubs
Winter in gardens is often overlooked as a season of interest when it really shouldn’t be. There are many shrubs that provide a rainbow of color in colder months. Here are a few of our favorites.
10 Favorite Screening Evergreens
It’s that time of year again – the leaves are disappearing and views you had forgotten about are making themselves known again. This fall, get started on that living fence to keep your privacy, sanity, or simply to shield you from the winter winds. Here are five favorite large-scale screeners and five favorite small-scale screeners.
Winterberry Holly
Berries in the winter! What could be better? We could all use more interest in our winter landscapes, and this native holly is a good place to start. Here, losing leaves is a good thing – the better to admire…
St. John’s Wort
Cheery golden-yellow flowers greet you (and happy pollinators) in summer while tidy, dainty foliage mixes well with bolder textures and colors. Several forms have rosemary-shaped, blue-green leaves that pair well with purples, golds, or white accents from neighboring shrubs or…
Nandina
Called “heavenly bamboo” because the tapered leaves and clumping stems look a bit like bamboo but without the running habit. (Bamboo is a grass, so they’re actually not related at all.) Showy red berries hang in clusters all winter on…
Photinia
“Red-tip” has two claims to fame that it does really well – rapid growth and brilliant red new leaves. Valuable for blocking a view, unpruned plants will even flower and develop into sizeable specimens. Regularly trimmed, they provide multiple growth…