This hardy perennial should be at the top of your list for its glorious colors. It’s available in an array of eye-catching shades, ranging from chartreuse to burgundy to amethyst to deepest red. Some ...

Most gardeners consider color and bloom time as the two most important factors when planning a garden. These are certainly important considerations. However, sometimes it’s the subtler touches that ...

Also called ‘Crimson Cutie,’ this new wine-dark barberry, reaching only 2 to 3 feet by 2 to 3 feet, fits any garden, from full sun to full shade. The rich color persists all year, and this sterile ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself he’s the only one who can’t handle longer strolls). And now that the weather ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Foliage is an important part of any flower garden. Plants that have handsome foliage will carry the garden through the summer when different perennials have stopped flowering. Rich, green, foliage is ...

If you're looking to add a pop of color to part of your yard that gets less sun, this shade-loving shrub is as beautiful as ...

We normally think of foliage as green, but a number of ornamental plants are grown for their colorful foliage. Many of our best and most reliable bedding plants for summer color rely on foliage rather ...

Following a normal winter, winter annuals will need to be replaced in early May with heat-tolerant choices. It's happened earlier this year. Snapdragons, stocks, cyclamen, primula, petunias, dianthus ...

My eyes are attracted to colorful variegated plants, from the simple white-trimmed hosta, the green and pink polka-dot plant, frilly-leafed caladiums to the numerous coleus varieties. Just recently, I ...

When we go to the garden center, the overwhelming characteristic we often look for in our landscape plants is their flowers. But when it comes to the year-round staples in the garden, the woody trees ...