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Martha Stewart knows a thing or two about gardens, that's for sure. So if she says this beautiful, finicky plant is worth the ...
Emma Fell, head of horticulture at Hillier, recommends Photinia fraseri “Red Robin” for our list of fast-growing shrubs.
Gardens can wither away in a Southern summer, which is why we need reliable flowering shrubs. These easy summer-blooming ...
A strawberry does not continue to ripen once it's picked, so when you go out to pick strawberries you want to find one that is red on all sides and that's going to be the sweetest berry that you ...
It attracts a variety of birds with its dark red berries in the winter and is deer-tolerant. If you have room for taller tree-like shrubs, toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia) is a beautiful evergreen ...
It looks innocent: just a mid-size bushy shrub with arching branches 6 to 20 feet, with white flowers in early spring, red berries in the fall and green leaves into near-winter. I’m sure that ...
Birds delight us all year long, but their cheery presence is especially welcome in the coldest, darkest months. Winter presents challenges for birds, too, as many food sources they rely on are scarce.
A bunch of berries hang from a toyon bush in ... s plume, red Toyon berries and white coast silktassels are among the many flowers and berries that bloom on the Peninsula each winter.
Other shrubs which produce berries for winter color include chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), a compact shrub with deep-purple berries that remain on the plant through winter, and swamp rose (Rosa ...
Dried fruit and hackberry tree berries are major ... but especially in winter. You don’t have to plant towering spruce or pines; instead, think of dense shrubs clustered together.
Chapped lips are as much a part of the winter holidays as red berries and holly bushes. Thankfully, Burt's Bees has something to say about that. With Christmassy flavors including peppermint and ...