“Another popular choice is dwarf peach trees, which begin fruiting in only 1 to 2 years through proper pruning and grow to ...

Looking for flowering shrubs that, like “mad dogs and Englishmen,” aren’t afraid of the midday sun? These stunning plants can handle the heat.

A living wall of shrubs is much nicer! Many shrubs are fast growers, too, so you won’t have to wait a decade or more for ...

We’re now at the peak bloom period of the highly regarded garden plant, the iris,” writes columnist Tom Karwin. “For the ...

Yams are considered one of the world’s most important crops. A starchy, nutrient-rich root vegetable of the genus Dioscorea, the yam thrives in a tropical belt across West Africa, with outliers in the ...

From camellias to roses, you can boost your home's value by growing these beautiful front yard plants and blooms.

The location should receive full sun for at least 6 ... zone. Contact your local weather service to get their recommendation on when the last frost is predicted. I have always relied on my Daddy's ...

Epimedium is a slow spreader and hardy in Zones 5 to 8. Also called hardy plumbago or dwarf plumbago ... juniper is a North American shrub that performs well as a ground cover on sunny slopes, forming ...

Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s star — one of our closest stellar neighbors — though they concluded that all of them are too hot to harbor life, much ...

Plants are hardy from zones 6 through 7. It can potentially survive a zone 5 winter ... and will regrow to their original size within a few years. Consider planting the dwarf forms of Oakleaf ...