Late autumn to winter is the time to plant bare-root hedges, so gardening editor Sharon Amos shares everything to know about ...

A beautiful hedge offers many benefits to a home garden. A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape, will dampen road noise, can ...

Several years ago, while living in Miami, my wife and I were visiting a nursery seeking plants for a back yard we were landscaping. Our lot was a builder's half acre - a fair sized yard by Miami ...

We have a vast palette of plants to choose from for our Northwest gardens, and in many cases they come from the same genus. The genus Pinus, for instance, includes Eastern white, Japanese white, red, ...

Question: My holly and sweet viburnum hedges need pruning. When is the best time for the trimming? Answer: Delay pruning a little longer. While these plants are usually hardy during cold weather, ...

If your New Year’s resolutions include landscaping with more native plants, consider Viburnum prunifolium, commonly called black haw viburnum, a shrub or small tree that can be enjoyed the entire year ...

Gardeners planning ahead for spring color should know that timing matters for one standout shrub. A pruning misstep can quietly limit next year's display.

Viburnum, that delightful garden shrub, bears a Latin name meaning the wayfaring tree, but one wonders if it has been left a bit by the wayside. It is a shrub that shines in the spring, flowering for ...

Q: My mirror leaf viburnum plants are losing their leaves. This is an established privacy hedge, and I don't want to lose this green wall between me and the neighbors. The leaves get spots and then ...