A low-maintenance flowering bush comes with the benefit of being a no-fuss shrubbery. It doesn't require much water or pruning and thrives by being left alone. The best low-maintenance flowering ...

Key Points New Jersey tea plants are low maintenance natives that adapt well to fall planting.Pollinators of all sorts use ...

Hardy mums are best for outdoor use due to their cold tolerance, while florist mums are better suited for indoor decor. Choose mums with mostly closed buds for longer bloom periods or mostly open ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Fully bloomed azaleas are ...

The bloom is on the branch and spring has sprung. And even in my short commute to work, I pass about a dozen varieties of flowering trees and bushes. It occurred to me that I haven’t the slightest ...

Dry shade poses a problem for many gardeners, but these plants for dry shade are up to the challenge! Choose from perennials, shrubs, and more. Dry shade, often found under mature trees or shrubs, is ...

Hydrangeas are a Southern garden staple so universally loved that no one dares question even a single cluster of baby-blue blooms, even if they're merely there to flank your trash cans. If you're ...

An ornamental shrub cannot serve only one purpose. It needs to not only brighten up a garden through its bloom season but also continue to be an eye-catcher afterwards. It is especially important in ...

The older I get and the longer I garden, the more I can’t help thinking that so many kinds of flowering shrubs are greatly underappreciated. Have you ever, for example, heard anyone rhapsodise ...

Spring has sprung, the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and the flowers are opening. As a child, I remember early spring as being a riot of color and the air being filled with ...