Winter doesn’t mean your garden has to look bare and lifeless. While most plants hunker down for the cold season, certain ...

Q: The shrub in the photo is on the north side of a St Paul, Minn., home. It retains its waxy leaves in the winter and has colorful flowers in May. Can you please identify this bush? — Erik H. A: The ...

Most of my shrubs lose their leaves in winter. What are some good choices for plants to replace them? I have often wondered why so many deciduous shrubs are planted in our area when we have lots of ...

I love reminding gardeners that flowers aren’t the only way to add color to the landscape. Some of the most dependable color ...

* What it is: Sometimes nicknamed “dog hobble,” this southeastern-U.S. native broad-leaf evergreen is distinctive for its red new leaves in spring and then its burgundy-purple fall foliage that holds ...