Today's homeowners are gardening in smaller plots than their predecessors and finding it more difficult and expensive to care for massive shrub plantings that quickly outgrow their allotted space.

Junipers are tough plants that can be found growing across the world, including in some of the most desolate areas. There are about 40 species of juniper, 13 of which are native to North America. In ...

The longer you spend time hanging out with plants, the more fascinated you become with atypical foliage. Of course, atypical is a relative term. I discovered a plant the other day whose foliage was ...

A lot of awful, boring plants are grossly overused throughout the Piedmont landscape. Ligustrum, juniper, mahonia and euonymous come readily to mind. These plants are the most common of the common, ...