For plenty of colorful petals all through your garden, plant primrose! These water-loving plants appreciate some morning sun ...

Your front yard landscape is the welcome mat for your home, which is why it's essential to select plants that complement your home, thrive in your climate, and suit your soil type. Most of us ...

Transform your dry landscape into a thriving oasis. Drought-tolerant shrubs, such as brittlebush, jojoba, or ninebark, bring ...

It’s great to be able to recommend a group of plants that are easy to grow, thrive in shade, are drought tolerant once established, and seem to present no interest to deer. Mahonia is a large genus of ...

If you have a vision of the perfect garden, it might well be one of sun-drenched, colourful borders, and this lovely fantasy is the reason estate agents are always quick to point out a south-facing ...

Bring vibrant foliage and flowers to parts of the garden with little or no sunlight I’ve been gardening for over 20 years for multiple clients in a diverse range of terrains. The one basic rule I’ve ...

When choosing any plant for your yard, it’s always important to consider the right growing conditions, but increasingly, even in temperate areas, we need to look at drought-tolerant planting as an ...

I'm looking for suggestions for shrubs in a shady and dry area. Are any viburnums suitable for shade? I have an area I am trying to give a natural, woodsy look. I also was thinking of a holly or a ...

Do you have a suggested reference for shade-tolerant plants? Our primary source for gardening publications comes from the University of Florida (ufl.edu). Just out last year, an article entitled ...

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. This evergreen shrub ...

Q: What shade-tolerant vine will grow on a wire fence? Are there other shade plants to use as a screen? — D.O., Santa Fe A:Star jasmine tolerates varying amounts of shade. This evergreen vine produces ...

Brighten up your flower beds this year by planting a flower that blooms in cooler months, offering color next to your vibrant ...