My Russian sages ( Perovskia —which by the way are not from Russia or in the sage family) were still sporting silver leaves and about half of their tall, arching sprays of teensy lavender flower ...

Many flowering bushes call the Pacific Northwest home, and while hummingbirds are always on the move, these plants will coax ...

Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium), native to Northern California, has prickly pointed foliage that turns red this time of ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

While American holly is native just south of Indiana in portions of Kentucky, there is a deciduous holly known as winterberry (Ilex verticillata) that is native to wetlands scattered throughout ...

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

This year's trials from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society reaffirmed the importance of trialing a diverse range of ...

Do you live in a region that's prone to drought and dry air? These are humidity-loving plants you shouldn't attempt to grow ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

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

Wild coffee (Psychotria nervosa) is a native ornamental shrub that does very well in most native landscapes. The plant is ...

While I love pretty pastels, darker plants in burgundy tones have always intrigued me. They channel a glamorous, gothic ...