Our favorite foundation shrub by far is the Boxwood. An occasional shearing for shape is all that’s needed to keep these plants looking tidy and neat, and if you choose the right ones they’ll ...

After it has bloomed, trim a third of the oldest, woodiest stems to the ground. The shrub is hardy in Zones 4 to 8. The shrub is generally easy to grow and with very few demands will live for years.

Flowering shrub hybrids add to gardeners' choices for summer Updated: Jun. 09, 2011, 1:00 p.m. | Published: Jun. 09, 2011, 12:00 p.m. By Roxanne Washington, The Plain Dealer ...

Q. During a visit to the Chicago Botanic Garden I saw a flowering shrub called dwarf fothergilla. Will it grow in my shade garden? — Lesley Young, Chicago A. Dwarf fothergilla (foth-er-GIL-ah… ...

Q. My mother has a rose of Sharon bush that has bloomed every year until this year. There has been no flowering of it whatsoever this summer. Is the bush dead or just dormant? Joanne Fee, Hazel ...

I’m thinking some kind of flowering shrub, maybe something that gets 10 to 12 feet and 5 to 7 feet wide. Do you have any suggestions? A: Crape myrtle is the first plant that comes to mind.

Q. We have a variegated boxwood shrub that is starting to revert back to solid green. Most of the shrub has yellow and green striped leaves that we really like.