Succulents: Those amazing and versatile hens and chicks make stunning winter garden plants thanks to their magical textures as well as their colorful foliage. Hardy hens and chicks are available ...

The best colorful winter shrubs to plant in the shade Pussy willow. Pussy willow is kind of glorious: Tall, woody olive spires of fuzzy, silver buds, these blooms will emerge in the coldest of ...

First, let me wish all my readers for a Happy Holiday from my family to yours! Q: We have been walking out in the woods like lower levels of October Mountain that we can get to with roads closed, ...

Plants that complement hellebores – for colorful borders full of winter and spring flowers. Story by Thomas Rutter • 4d. H ellebores are one of the most popular winter flowering plants.

Or, if you buy non-native plants, make sure they’re not on the Maryland Invasive Species list. As regards the Bradford Pear, the native tree, Downy Serviceberry (Amelanchier), is a great substitute.

A good candidate for color in winter is the humble pansy/viola. A plethora of cultivars exist these days, allowing you to customize just about any color palette or combo.

THIS YEAR’S garden-party game (which I just made up) is a mashup of plants, design and color theory. Each season, I’ll share a color recipe for Pacific Northwest gardens: striking 1-2-3 plant ...

Last among this triumvirate of stalwart winter bloomers is blue potato bush (Lycianthes rantonnetii). Famous for being trained into a lollipop as a container plant, it is highly uncomfortable when ...

It depends on who you ask and what plant you’re looking for. Some non-native plants are a source of food for us and for our wildlife. They bring beauty and color, and are a great addition to the ...