Deciduous and evergreen types are ideal to create privacy in your yard. Here are 15 privacy shrubs that thrive both in full sun or partial shade.

Hardy geraniums offer fabulous long blooming flowers and interesting foliage. Plus, the perennials can stand up to many pests ...

Sloped yards don't have to be barren. These plants stand up to erosion and can help make hilly landscapes beautiful.

Many people, when they visit us, are looking for a selection of plants that will grow season after season and provide them ...

Orange County’s coastal belt has a gardening personality all its own. Summer afternoons here feel gentler than in the inland ...

The best blooms are those that fill the air with floral perfume. Pack your garden with fragrant flowers, including gardenia ...

Flickr Orange County’s coastal belt has a gardening personality all its own. Summer afternoons here feel gentler than in the ...

Mary Marlowe Leverette is one of the industry’s most highly regarded housekeeping and fabric care experts, sharing her knowledge on efficient housekeeping and textile conservation. She is also a ...

Come winter most gardens are a little past their prime, looking brown, wilted, and maybe a little sad. That doesn't have to be the case, though. Gardeners who plan ahead and plant evergreens can have ...

If you fertilize the right plants now, you’ll set your garden up for stronger growth, more flowers, and a much healthier season ahead. We asked a Master Gardener which plants benefit most from a ...

Prime planting time is here, those “Goldilocks” few weeks of the year when it’s not too hot, not too cold – just right! – to get trees, shrubs, evergreens, and perennial flowers in the ground. But ...

Foliage of some of the most common garden ornamentals will last up to a year or more in dry arrangements. It’s a wonderful bonus that comes along with planting these species. Euonymus and Pittosporum ...