We love Japanese snowball bush (Viburnum plicatum) for its lovely white spring flowers, reddish fall foliage and lovely branch structure. A beautiful viburnum that stands out among shrubs.

Here’s an easy way to give birds some shelter while they eat at bird feeders.

Do you like to feed wild birds in winter? Follow these tips to keep your birdseed fresh.

Here’s a miniature hosta with lots of nice cream markings and surprising vigor: Hosta ‘Pure Heart’.

We love Mexican hat coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) for its colorful, sombrero-like flowers, drought tolerance and long bloom time.

This shrub stands out because it blooms in mid- and late summer, with prominent, fluffy spikes of flowers, which are also highly fragrant.

Virtues: Its long, narrow leaves, held in a thick clump, serve as a fine-textured element in the landscape. Though it has a spiky look, its leaves are flexible and arching, not rigid, so they move …

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 …

We love chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia), a medium-size deciduous shrub, for its delicate spring bloom, long-lasting red berries and bright fall foliage, which makes it a good substitute for invasive burning bush (Euonymus alatus).

Ilex ‘Sparkleberry’ is a winterberry holly with vivid berries that last through the winter.

Here’s something to try if squirrels and blackbirds are eating all your birdseed.