Despite a few exceptions, the great majority of our houseplants are herbaceous species that don’t flower much — if at all — indoors. But how about recruiting houseplants from the ranks of woody shrubs ...

As post-freeze garden cleanup continues, we’re starting to figure out what will make it into another season. Freeze-damaged branches are browning up, withered leaves are dropping and in spots here and ...

Celeste Scott talks about summer-blooming woody perennials, and Juanita Jones cans fresh peaches. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Horticulture Specialist Celeste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are many characterful summer-flowering shrubs of all shapes and sizes ready to improve the outline and performance of your ...

Pruning maple trees, birches, and willows in winter is not recommended because they are prone to excessive sap running from ...

There are certain woody plants whose seasonal bloom is so spectacular that it would be malpractice on my part not to make you aware of them. It is appropriate to mention these beauties when they are ...

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Plants are classified as annuals, biennials or perennials based on their life cycles. Biennials, like foxglove, have a vegetative year followed by a flowering year. Perennials, including woody shrubs ...

When most plants are dormant, these shrubs put on a show! Here's how to differentiate between flowering quince and camellia.

It’s easy for home gardeners to double or triple the number of blooms on flowering shrubs like Lilac, Hydrangea, Spirea, and Weigela. All it takes is regular shearing once a year, particularly when ...

It was a warm day (upper 70s) in August, mostly clear and calm, when I drove on a county road not far from home. I had ...

Durham, NC – Can we predict which species will be most vulnerable to climate change by studying how they responded in the past? A new study of flowering plants provides a clue. An analysis of more ...