When looking for reliable, general landscaping shrubs, start by considering the needs of your space. Look at the exposure to sun, areas of shade, existing trees and shrubs and available water sources.

It's not only full-size trees that put on an amazing fall color display when autumn arrives. Quite a few deciduous shrubs turn red in the fall before they lose their leaves for the winter. If you want ...

You step outside to marvel at your landscape, trying to enjoy its beauty before the season ends. While some shrubs only bring a splash of color with bold flowers in the summer or showy berries in the ...

When I saw the fall color on dwarf fothergilla, Fothergilla gardenii, I knew I wanted to grow it in my garden. Hardy in Zones 5 through 9, it displays yellow, red and orange leaves all on one shrub.

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, ...

For polygamo-dioecious plants, some individuals in the population will have flowers of both sexes on the same plant. Most cultivars of red maple trees are either male or female.

Description: Native to warm temperate and tropical regions from Mexico to Central and South America and the West Indies, the cestrum genus comprises more than 200 species of mainly evergreen shrubs.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Many of the “cast iron” shrubs that no one can kill are now deemed invasive: barberry, burning bush, multiflora rose and bush honeysuckle. And many ...

We are doing some landscaping this spring. We want to plant blueberries. Do they need sun or shade? Do we need two together? How far apart should they be, and if near the fence, how far from the fence ...