The dwarf yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria ‘nana’) is native along the eastern states and into Central Florida, and it is well ...

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Discover the best shrubs for shade to enhance your garden's beauty. Learn about top shade-loving plants and design tips for creating a stunning shaded garden.

Just when I thought my volunteer cherry tomato plant would continue to thrive into its second year, it became infested with spider mites and had to be removed. Last September, it had sprouted in the ...

This dwarf boxwood cultivar does well either pruned or unpruned. It grows slightly faster and larger than ‘Morris Midget,’ with ‘Compacta’ being the smallest and densest grower. It does bronze ...

Nature abhors a monoculture, but not necessarily a monochrome culture. Against a leafy green backdrop, a single color stands ...

Is there anything the humble boxwood can't do? Creating a backyard you can relax in, free from prying eyes of neighbors or ...

Boxwoods are among the best shrubs for landscaping, but what can you plant to break up their dense, often uniform shape?

One of the greatest benefits of working in a gardening and landscape business is knowing there are many great, dependable plants we can offer our customers. Plants that will flourish, be considered ...

An invasive pest is targeting boxwood shrubs, and it has now been detected for the first time in Virginia. Box tree moth caterpillars feed directly on the leaves of boxwood shrubs and can completely ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects ...

Gamers fall into one of two categories: Those who have played Dwarf Fortress and those who haven’t. Within the former are another couple of subsets, those who couldn’t hack the complexity and graphics ...