This compact, low-maintenance shrub brings golden-yellow foliage and effortless style to containers — perfect for adding ...
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Far from being dull stalwarts of beds and borders, evergreen shrubs are a lifesaver for busy gardeners, providing colour, structure and interest all year round. From low-growing ground cover, tall ...
Plagued by deer eating your hedges? If you live in Zones 7 to 10, plant this native sunlight-hating perennial to keep them ...
From the visual beauty of bright, native, and colorful wildflowers to the tactile nature of many cacti plants and shrubs, a great garden engages all of the senses. When we are building our garden and ...
“In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt. Did you return from a European tour of chateau gardens, obsessed with formal knot gardens? Have you ...
Actually, there aren’t any shrubs that really require trimming. They get by without it in the wild, after all. As Alan Titchmarsh notes in “How to Garden: Flowering Shrubs,” “Many gardeners struggle ...
Add year-round charm to your garden with the most versatile members of the plant kingdom Whether you are creating a brand new landscape or enhancing an existing one, there are myriad evergreen shrubs ...
Q: Some of my evergreen shrubs are looking pretty toasty. I don’t think we got below a zone 7 winter though, and these shrubs are supposed to be hardy to that zone. Is something else going on? A: ...
With summer just a few months away, many Britons will be getting their gardens ready for outdoor dining, social events, and relaxation. Pruning, tidying, removing weeds, and cleaning patios and fences ...
Selecting plant species for your garden that are native to New Jersey can help support populations of pollinators and songbirds. Many native species are pest and disease resistant and do not require ...