In a perfect world, the only aspect you'd need to worry about when planning a garden is the overall beauty of the plants. Unfortunately, even the prettiest plants can have hidden downsides. Sometimes, ...

When you're looking for plants for your landscape, you probably think about blooms and foliage, but here's a shrubby tree ...

The colder months are generally a quieter time in our backyards, with glorious summer blooms and vibrant fall leaves long gone. However, there are some beautiful flowering shrubs that lift the spirits ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Shrubs are the all-stars of your garden because they do it all: Attract pollinators, create screening and ...

To the uninitiated, replacing your lawn or garden with gravel might seem like it would offer dreary, lifeless results. But the best gravel gardens are just as serene, colorful, and full of wildlife as ...

Green fingers aren't for everyone. Worry not, these beautiful and low-maintenance plants will look great in any home. They don't need a lot of light to thrive and, to a degree, cope well with neglect.

It would take many lifetimes to exhaust all the possibilities of plant selection and design options for our gardens. Take kinetic plants, for example. These are species that sway in the wind or even ...

Flowering currant and California gooseberry are California native shrubs in the genus Ribes. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum and Ribes californicum, respectively, are deciduous in the winter with full ...