These petite shrubs are perfect for pots and patio gardens. Think small with the top picks for dwarf container shrubs.

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...

What’s the best time to prune flowering shrubs? It depends on when they flower, or more precisely, when they form their flower buds. Spring bloomers develop their flower buds in the year before they ...

I read with interest the article in the Home and Garden section of The Frederick News-Post on Nov. 20 entitled: "A shrub for all reasons: Double Play Candy Corn." The five photos with the article ...

Spirea (Spiraea spp.) is a shrub that's hardy in USDA Zones 4 to 8, though some of them can tolerate a wider range of regions. There are several varieties, and depending on which one you get, they can ...

Heat-loving plants that thrive in California's Death Valley could hold the key to growing crops in a changing climate. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

My landscaper prunes my shrubs every year about this time. I don’t like the way he prunes. My spring blooming shrubs have very few flowers. My neighbors have the same shrubs with lots of bloom. Also, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Italian national living in Oregon was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a scheme to steal food benefits, using them to buy millions of dollars in nonperishable goods for ...

Ask a gardener about their favorite flowering shrubs, and they might mention rhododendron, forsythia, azalea, lilac, magnolia, roses, or viburnum. These are all great shrubs, beautiful when in bloom.

How do I get rid of Johnson grass in my yard? Do I have to use something like Roundup or is there a safer and simpler way to eradicate this? Johnson grass can be difficult to eliminate, since it ...

Glow-in-the-dark plants bright enough to light up streets at night may sound like the stuff of science fiction or fantasy. But scientists have already made plants that emit a greenish glow. They are ...