June is always a very busy month for a gardener. Whether it is planting, sowing, watering, feeding, or weeding, the to-do ...

Shrubs are the backbone of a brilliantly blooming garden. While most folks just reach for flowers to inject colour, foliage can steal the show – and for far longer. From rich reds to zesty yellows, ...

Emma Fell, head of horticulture at Hillier, recommends Photinia fraseri “Red Robin” for our list of fast-growing shrubs.

Morning sun and afternoon shade create the ideal lighting conditions that encourage photosynthesis but prevent wilting in ...

This fantastic flower was produced on a tree at what we here in Columbia call the Belser Arboretum, a 7-acre (or so) tract of ...

Learn how to grow and care for Suntastic™ 'Radiance' Abelia, a vigorous variety with variegated evergreen foliage held on ...

If anyone has small St John’s wort shrubs or certain weigela cultivars that seem to be dead, wait and see if new growth resumes as it gets warmer and sunnier.

To help with your spring plant-selecting, here's a collection of plants that have won assorted awards for the 2025 growing season.

Seasonal Interest and Maintenance Incorporating a mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs will ensure that your garden remains lively throughout the year. Whilst evergreen shrubs provide a constant ...

When evergreens are severely damaged, the branches don’t have the ability to recover and generate healthy new growth the way leafy, deciduous shrubs do. If this were a deciduous shrub that had ...

Evergreen shrubs are champions in the garden, particularly during the winter, according to Julian Palphramand, head of plants at British Garden Centres. “Unlike deciduous varieties that shed their ...