Hydrangeas are truly majestic flowering shrubs. Take advantage of their big blooms and vibrant green bushiness to add flair ...

Shrubs offer so much to winter gardens. Take mahonia, whose long racemes of bright yellow, pollinator-friendly flowers start ...

A late-blooming shrub is giving Michigan forests a glow-up right now with its crinkled golden blossoms offering some of the ...

Step into the forest with me, dear traveler. I am the princess of these berry-bright woods, and I must tell you a secret ...

To get a 5% solution using a 40% distilled spirit (gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, tequila — do not use beer or wine), you add one ...

Smart gardeners learn to think small. They do their homework, and they plant varieties that don’t grow any larger than the ...

No matter the size of your backyard, privacy is important and there are different ways to create it. Privacy shrubs offer several benefits over hardscape solutions ...

According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of autumn is always September 1. But that doesn't mean that your colourful summer garden has to fade away. The smartest planting keeps colour ...

Jim Putnam is the plant expert from the Southern Living Plant Collection. Mary Phillips is the head of native plant habitat strategy/certifications at the National Wildlife Federation. Janet Sluis is ...

My heart sang a couple of weeks ago when my patch of white snowdrops appeared at the edge of a snow bank. A week later, my winter aconite with its bright yellow flowers found their way out of the ...