In a quiet backyard in the northwest Chicago suburb of Barrington, patience, art, and nature are coming together in the form ...

You don't have to sacrifice good looks to get a tree that will survive all the wild weather we get. All these beauties are as ...

This tree blooms when many others are done for the year, attracting butterflies and other pollinators. In winter, the seeds ...

Scorched plants will usually recover, but flowering will be delayed and yields down – though cutting out damaged shoots will help recovery. Planting or sowing later, or covering with cloches, cold ...

Indigenous flowering shrubs are a magnet for birds, bees and butterflies – and autumn is the best time to plant.

One cannot miss noticing the dwarf poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) as it stands out and brightens the landscape with its ...

It’s one of the many curious things about our modern world that as human beings get larger – the average Irish adult is now more than 10cm taller than their equivalent of 100 years ago – our gardens ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! Everyone is enjoying the beauty of spring flowering trees and shrubs around the Mid-Ohio Valley. This spring you will notice hundreds of white blooming ...

What flowering trees do you recommend for planting in home landscapes? We are fortunate to have a wide array of flowering trees that will grow in our climate. One of the earliest that has almost ...

While Washington, DC, gets all the attention for the annual appearance of its cherry blossoms, Delawareans don’t need to travel that far to enjoy them, too. The First State has a few spots with cherry ...