The shrub grows 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide, making it a unique (and beautiful!) addition to your border garden. When spring rolls into summer, the dwarf flowering almond will grow bright green ...

In a garden, cultivating flowering shrubs draws pollinators, including moths, bees, butterflies, and birds. It offers an ...

Hydrangeas are best for USDA hardiness zones 3 to 9. Lilacs are flowering shrubs known for their dark purple fragrant flowers that appear in early spring and summer. These hardy perennials can ...

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Remove dead and damaged branches to help encourage new growth and healthy flowering. The bushy purple flowers on the butterfly bush attract pollinators and other beneficial bugs, making it an ...

Jane visits a colourful garden where a carefully curated selection of flowering shrubs forms the backbone of the design, artfully placed to complement each other – while also supplying food and ...

As the backbone of any garden, it is essential to keep shrubs in good condition through regular pruning. This will improve a plant's shape, as well as encourage flowers and fruits. Shrubs create ...

Unlike animals, plants don’t need a male and a female because their flowers have both male parts and female parts. Pollen in plants is like sperm in animals. It comes from the male part of the ...

About 15 miles from Asheville, North Carolina, smaller but equally energetic Black Mountain is ready for its day in the sun.

Flowering plants, or angiosperms, make up about 90% of all living plant species, including most food crops. In the distant past, they outpaced plants such as conifers and ferns, which predate them ...

Trillions of dollars are needed to prevent and protect against global warming. But who should pay? The world’s climate scientific advisory body could help countries to decide.

After all, George W. Bush left office with an approval rating hovering in the low 30s, and his grandest project was the gigantic catastrophe of the Iraq War, which we're still dealing with and ...