For an unusual orange-flowered variety, seen in the image above, try growing the sweet osmanthus, or Osmanthus fragrans, with live starter plants available to order from Walmart. In terms of how to ...

As far as summer perennials go, catmint is at the top of horticulturist Christine Froehlich’s list for pruning. "The number ...

Olive green above, dusky purple below -- these are the leaves of Arabian lilac, an evergreen shrub that provides year-round color in the garden. Arabian lilac (Vitex trifolia ‘Purpurea’) is ...

For a low-maintenance lilac plan, add organic matter to your plant at least once a year, along with a top layer of mulch. This will give plants natural nutrients while also helping keep weeds away.

Q. Last summer, we planted two small lilac bushes. Having grown up with lots of lilacs, I'm delighted to have them again. Some I have seen are more leaves than flowers in the spring while some are ...

The common lilac is a tough, reliable shrub that may reach a height of 15 to 20 feet. Plants begin forming flower buds in fall, which overwinter then bloom in late spring, which makes pruning a ...

The first hint of lilac in the spring, for instance, transports me back to my childhood in Milwaukee, with my mother walking me to school […] Skip to content All Sections ...

My two-year-old lilac shrub looks half dead. The five bloom clusters left are pretty sad. Other gardeners across the Front Range are describing similar leafing-out delays, plant death and growth ...

Gary Parton runs Idyllwild Lilac Garden, where the plants bloom in spring against ... you’ll end up with big bushes and no blooms.” Parton’s lilac varieties date back to the 1800s and come ...

My two-year-old lilac shrub looks half dead. The five bloom clusters left are pretty sad. Other gardeners across the Front Range are describing similar leafing-out delays, plant death and growth ...