The thing with me and Easter is… It’s prime season for landscaping and I’m working long hours every day plus most of my Saturdays. I’d kill for just a little more free time, ESPECIALLY …

Shrubs with fragrant flowers have two things going for them. First, obviously, their fragrance. Second, their size. Most mature fragrant shrubs put their blossoms close to nose level and bloom in profusion, ensuring you’ll notice …

A good book can be a great help in choosing just the right shrub for your situation and desires. Want to improve your winter view? See Wonders of the Winter Landscape, which is all about …

There’s no getting around it . . . shrubs take up space! Make them earn their position—insist they offer more than one season of interest. Here are some great multiseason deciduous shrubs.

Looking for a great year-round green presence in the landscape? Check out these evergreen shrubs.

As any gardener who has snapped the handle off a cheap spade while digging in rocky or heavy soil will tell you, not all spades are equal!

Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
by Bill Laws
224 pages
Firefly Books, 2011
List price: $29.95
In the spirit of Wicked Plants (and this is a good thing), Bill Laws brings trivia buffs …

Shrubs play a crucial role in a garden’s layout, providing a backdrop for smaller plants, a sense of structure, and a year-round obvious presence. Because shrubs bear heavily on a garden’s overall design and because …

Planting berrying shrubs or trees is the quickest way to increase the value of one’s property to wildlife. The natural habitat of the groups suggested here is for the most part open, sunny borders such …

My usual grasp on sanity can be a bit loosey-goosey. But when free plants, of any kind, are involved…  I am continually shocked at how low I will go.

“I garden on a rocky hillside in Central Texas. There are many challenges but then, with years of travel and multiple gardens under my belt, I have learnt that every garden has its challenges,” writes …