Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before you buy, read the label or plant description to make sure a shrub will survive winters in your USDA Hardiness zone (find ...

Traditionally, weigela is known as a dense shrub with pink flowers that blooms in spring. The flowers may reappear in summer. New cultivars are available that produce more blooms in many different ...

Each spring, as the garden shakes off its winter sleep, buds erupt into bloom in a celebration of the new season. Among those earliest to appear — in concert with and sometimes ahead of the hellebores ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Flowers can add a splash of color to your garden, but what's really special about them is their ability to emit delicate, delicious fragrances. Whether a zesty, creamy gardenia or a soothing, refined ...

Pink spring beauties are ephemerals that sustained the earliest Americans, and selection pressure may hold the clue to color variation Pink or Rocky Mountain spring beauties, Claytonia rosea, were ...

For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...

When gardeners think of spring-blooming bulbs, the top four plants that come to mind are crocus, daffodils, hyacinths and ...