Winter doesn’t mean your garden has to look bare and lifeless. While most plants hunker down for the cold season, certain ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Even if you don’t have a huge yard, you can enjoy the beauty of small shrubs alongside your annuals, ...

These petite shrubs are perfect for pots and patio gardens. Think small with the top picks for dwarf container shrubs.

Best bets for small shrubs that won't outgrow their welcome. For the front yard makeover on Boston's south shore, the landscape needs new shrubs that won't outgrow the scale of the house. Michael ...

Do you have a yard that goes from summer green to boring brown to winter gray? Color it up with shrubs. “The right ones can really light up a yard in autumn, and they don’t take as long to grow up as ...

There are several hot new ideas available these days for compact gardens. Even in the tiniest urban area, you can have an herb or vegetable garden. A simple investment in the appropriate equipment is ...

People buy millions of dollars of plants and shrubs each year during the spring and summer months for landscaping purposes. If you have a green thumb and a small amount of land to use as a growing ...

Often a mania for ripping out and redoing the garden grips us at this time of year, when lawns are brown, plants are tired and we can clearly see what went wrong over the summer. Go ahead and compost ...

Traditionally, weigela is known as a dense shrub with pink flowers that blooms in spring. The flowers may reappear in summer. New cultivars are available that produce more blooms in many different ...

In spring, every garden center and parking lot pansy stand tempt winter-weary gardeners with irresistible blooming shrubs in little 1-or 2-gallon pots. But before you plant that forsythia or lilac ...

We have reached the point in summer when many of the plants in our landscape are at their best. Lots of green growth, bright flowers, and every type of insect and bird can be seen outside in your ...