Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs ...

Often described as “low maintenance” or “hardy,” these plants are simply ones that are near-impossible to kill. They are ...

Creating a hummingbird-friendly yard or garden is an ongoing learning process. This once-popular bush that hummers love is ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about care of yellow poinciana trees, dwarf mondo, tomatoes and pineapples plus ...

Master gardener Sally Scalera shares the dirt on which fragrant plants are native, important because they attract and support ...

Trees provide essential structure while adding their own unique beauty to the landscape. Discover gorgeous flowering trees ...

"The first formal flower gardens genuinely worthy of the name" in the history of the White House are the Rose Garden and the ...

Dogwoods have what appear to be large, four-petaled white flowers that are actually bracts — modified leaves. These frame a tight cluster of tiny, yellow-green true flowers in the center. The bracts ...

Magnolias have started to bloom along Beacon Street this week. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff A star magnolia tree blooms at the Boston Public Garden on April 5, 2023. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff ...

One of the best is the late-flowering M x soulangeana ‘Brozzoni, whose large white-flowers, stained purple at the base, have a better chance of dodging damaging spring frosts.