Evergreen shrubs are a must-have in any garden for structure, beauty, and year-round colour. Here are some of our favourites.

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering.

Several species of native flowering trees are currently in bloom, adding beauty to the spring landscape. These trees, including Pinxter Azaleas, Japanese magnolias, and Carolina Silverbells ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials. Ox tongue (Gasteria glomerata) is a succulent gem. Foliage consists of paired leaves, each of which is thick and covered with tiny bumps ...

While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and the nonnative kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).

Flowering is an important event in a plant’s life cycle, and in many species, a period of cold exposure (or vernalization) is required before flowering in the spring. Once flowering begins ...

THERE ARE BLOSSOMS OUT HERE, BUT THE CITY SAYS THE TREES ARE NOT THRIVING. ABOUT 50 FLOWERING BRADFORD PEAR TREES LINE MARKET STREET IN YORK. THE WHITE BLOSSOMS CREATED AN ALMOST MAGICAL SCENE ...

Often growing with little care in the right spot, clematis vines will bloom best when trimmed correctly at least once a year. Knowing how and when to prune clematis can do a lot to keep your vines ...

The much-delayed second volume of Dr. Rendle's “The Classification of Flowering Plants” was issued at the close of 1925, and Mr. Hutchinson's work, herein reviewed, at the opening of the ...