I recently visited The Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, Mississippi, where I admired a magnificent Sweet Olive tree that ...

Evergreen shrubs such as boxwood, holly, rhododendron, yew and arborvitae provide year-round green color in the landscape.

Choose deciduous shade trees — those that drop their leaves during the winter. You will have the shade you need in the summer ...

Thank heavens for the green colors of evergreen trees and shrubs at this time of year, and the recent snowfall that has blanketed and brightened up the landscape. While most flowering plants only ...

While we might like the idea of an evergreen yard that remains vibrant and full of life all year long, many evergreen trees ...

6. CREATING PRIVACY: When creating privacy in the landscape, small evergreen trees can be used to screen an outdoor living area from the neighbors’ view. Evergreen trees are also very useful ...

The Santa Ana winds that spread the fires with lightning speed blew with hurricane force. Although nothing can compare to the ...

The Sweet Olive is an evergreen shrub or small tree cherished for its intensely sweet fragrance and its polished appearance. (Photo by MSU Extension/Eddie Smith) Sweet Olives are good landscape shrubs ...

The final part of our best-new-plants-of-2025 series concludes with a look at some of the top new trees and shrubs debuting ...

Committing to a landscaping project can dramatically upgrade your home's curb appeal and boost its property value — it's an investment absolutely worth making. And you can do it in stages to suit your ...