With bright green foliage and a compact habit, Dragon Prince™ Cryptomeria from the Southern Living Plant Collection is the ...

Hold off on pruning. Winter is a good time to prune a deciduous tree or shrub, but not an evergreen. Because the plant isn’t dormant, pruning in winter can stimulate new growth, prompting soft new ...

As we enter the darkest part of the year, you might think there is not much blooming in the garden, but this could not be ...

A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape.

Deciduous trees such as oak, popular, and maple add color, texture and height to our landscapes as well as adding color in ...

Bearberries, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, are evergreen ground cover plants growing across much of Canada and the northern United ...

To add subtle charm to the garden during the darkest months, try leaning into contrast: light and dark, shadow and gloss, ...

Related: How to Prune Evergreens to Look Beautiful Year-Round 3. When trees and shrubs are going dormant. Plant scientists contend that fall is the worst time to prune trees and shrubs.

Northern winters separate the wheat from the chaff, where trees, shrubs and perennials are concerned. Even well-adapted, ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...