There are plenty of boxwood choices for the colder zones.

Though it is pretty enough in the garden, celeriac wins no beauty contests on the kitchen counter. The edible part is a knobby root, and its thick skin must be cut away before the cream-colored flesh is revealed. But if your favorite part of celery is the carefully pared bit at the end, celeriac, its close relative, is for you…

How to make a water garden in a pot.

Bury pots of bulbs in fall  for a movable spring bloom.