As its name implies, ornamental oregano (Origanum spp.) is grown more for its looks than its flavor. This plant offers so much texture and color that it's well worth adding to your garden. Its unusual ...

Determining what time of year to prune your ornamental deciduous shrubs can be tricky and confusing, but we hope to clear up some misconceptions and provide clear guidance for several common landscape ...

Now that we’ve officially arrived at spring (calendar-wise, anyway), it’s time to get busy planting the 2025 landscape. This milestone doesn’t mean you can plant whatever you want whenever you want, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planting ornamental grasses is so easy. Here are three of these - one bunch of yellow pampas grass with red flowers, one row of ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to prune most (but not all) of your trees and shrubs. There are several reasons ...

July is when inland gardens really heat up, while coastal gardeners wake up to cool, gray mornings until month’s end. After ...

A great way to add some pizzazz to a home landscape is to plant ornamental grasses. Whether it’s 10-foot tall pampas grass or shorter species such as maiden grass or little bluestem, ornamental ...

Lesser-known but equally garden-worthy examples include the majestic Salvia sclarea var. turkestaniana ‘Vatican Pink’, a ...