Home & Garden Here are shrubs and perennials for your garden that enjoy the heat and need less water By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer September 24, 2022 5:00 AM ...

Blueberry plants are perennial woody shrubs. They are one of the few native American fruits commonly grown in the home garden ...

Don’t put away your gardening tools just yet! Once the weather moderates, there’s still plenty of time to plant. In fact, fall actually is an ideal time for adding new perennials and shrubs to ...

Many shrubs flower as beautifully and as long as perennials. Evergreen shrubs add color to the border all year long, and deciduous shrubs offer structure and form to the winter garden.

Pittosporum shrubs are available to buy online at Amazon. Planting shrubs and perennials in dense groups is not only good for creating a sense of privacy and seclusion in backyards, but it can also ...

It ranges from spring-flowering shrubs, which may need attention to stay in the best shape for next year’s blooming, to summer-flowering herbaceous perennials, which can benefit from a spring chop.

Vegetables Get a jump on your early spring planting season by warming up in-ground and raised beds with 4- to 6-mil clear or black plastic. Anchor the plastic with boards, brick or soil. Leave it ...

In general, shrubs are transplanted whole by digging up the entire root ball and moving it to the same depth in a new location. Most perennials can be broken apart or divided into smaller pieces ...

March: Try new perennials, shrubs and vines, and keep those pests at bay By Robert Smaus Sept. 16, 2014 4:17 AM PT ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler offers advice on telling whether perennial flowers, deciduous shrubs, evergreens, trees, lawns and more are dead or simply growing slowly due to the late spring.

I would like to get an early start on garden improvements this year. — Monica Jackson, Grayslake It is OK to start planting trees, shrubs, perennials and ground covers in early spring, as long ...

Pruning shrubs and perennials in May can reward you with neater plants and tremendous future flowering displays. There is a lot to do in the garden this month, but do not overlook pruning when putting ...