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

My favorite deciduous trees (trees that lose all their leaves for part of the year) show off in every season. Fall brings ...

Trees and Their Importance explores the vital role trees have played from early American settlement to modern life, ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens.

From the turning of the fagus to the flutter of falling elm leaves, a red-golden carpet is unfurling across the more ...

You can’t air condition the outdoors—but you can lower the temperature with some thoughtful landscaping decisions. If you ...

Winds can be fierce in winter and spring. A living windbreak can tame the wind while also benefiting the soil and our ...

We recently returned from a trip to Virginia to visit family and spent time being “Leaf Peepers.” There’s something magical ...

Different dodders prefer different host plants. Hosts include alfalfa, asparagus, bindweed, pigweed, lambsquarters, Russian ...

I have noticed an explosion of flowers this spring like nothing I have seen in many years, and I believe that one of the ...

As broadleaf evergreens, rhododendrons have developed a waxy coat on their leaves to help prevent water loss. They also have a physiological mechanism to help defend themselves further. Just as you’d ...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s ...