Looking to block out those nosy neighbors or conceal unsightly views in your yard? The trick is to use your flora and fauna to your advantage, creating a privacy bush, or 'green wall' in your yard.

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 ...

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. An evergreen flowering ...

As leaves mature, they take on the sea green color of the ordinary, non-variegated versions of these species. Moving on to ...

Add color and texture to your yard all winter long! These trees, shrubs and more add cold-season garden beauty—and there's ...

Ask a gardener about their favorite flowering shrubs, and they might mention rhododendron, forsythia, azalea, lilac, magnolia, roses, or viburnum. These are all great shrubs, beautiful when in bloom.

It sounds rather heartless to say that we manipulate plants rather than allow them to behave naturally. But that’s really what happens when we create a garden. Few of our plants are precisely the same ...

"With their big, bold leaves and a wide range of varieties, Hostas flourish in wet ground and shaded areas. They soak up the ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

October, I noticed a few homes had potted chrysanthemums alongside pumpkins on their porches, but for the most part, the ...

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 ...