Maybe your yard has no room left where you could plant a sugar maple. Nevertheless, there’s always room to add more fall color. An array of pint-size shrubs with brilliantly ...

Abundant flowers on lilac shrubs are contingent on regular pruning. Here's how to cut back, trim and shape your shrub for the most extravagant spring display.

Requiring partial to full sun, this shrub can grow to 10 feet tall and will continue to provide interest to the landscape in the fall and winter when other trees have lost their foliage.

For over 50 years each spring, researchers with Connecticut’s Great Mountain Forest, nestled in the Litchfield Hills, have been recording how early three Persian Lilac trees begin to bud and flower.

Some plants are supposed to bloom in the spring and fall. Remontant iris and daylilies are examples of this. They have pretty blooms in the spring and a colorful surprise in the mid to late fall ...

Adding shrubs to your yard can bring beauty, structure, and a touch of privacy. Fall is the perfect time to plant certain fast-growing shrubs that establish quickly and thrive in the following ...

In fall, as woody plants go dormant, we can examine these signs for a glimpse of whether the plants are healthy or stressed, based on their growth signs.

Maple: There's no doubt the orange-red fall color of the popular "Autumn Blaze" maple is stunning, but it's not well adapted to our growing conditions. To get the same orange-red fall color in a ...

It doesn't get much better than walking out into your garden and getting a hit of fragrance from a beautiful tree, especially ...

Gardening A shady native shrub with fall berries that birds love: George’s Plant Pick of the Week Published: Oct. 12, 2024, 6:15 a.m.

These are the types we get most questions about. When lilac shrubs get old, gardeners see fewer and fewer blooms. Thus, gardeners want to start pruning to regenerate the plant.

Fall is not the preferred time for pruning most woody plants. There are few, if any, good reasons to prune in fall, and there are plenty of reasons not to prune now.