If you want a fence that's out of sight and out of mind, try covering it up with evergreen shrubs. These low-maintenance ...

Barberry, Mexican orange blossom and Australian fuchsia are among the non-native plants the Sonoma County Master Gardeners ...

Only a small number of plants provide the long-blooming season of Aloysia virgata (sweet almond). Part of the Verbenaceae ...

Want to take your garden beds from basic to beautiful? These border flowers add color, texture, and definition.

On Thasos, a walk up the hill from the harbour to the Greco-Roman theatre passed through scrub of evergreen oak, olive, ...

Nothing lifts a garden’s mood quite like the burst of bright yellow blooms—even when the skies are gray. Yellow flowering ...

Most of these magnolia species are deciduous and back in the 1970s we only had two or three evergreen magnolias available here in New Zealand, and now we have a host of garden-worthy varieties.

To add beauty or privacy, put your garden on the fast track with these fast-growing bushes that add two feet or more every ...

My dad was a beautiful man with the most beautiful hair. His hair was long, cascading down his back, and he always wore it in ...

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

An early start to summer changes your outlook. The ability to walk without gloves, mitts, scarves, heavy coats and boots is ...