In my work as a professional gardener, flowering shrubs are a mainstay of landscaping design. They can provide not only beauty but privacy, shade, and wildlife habitat, and many of them also attract ...

Carolina allspice, a flowering shrub native to Ohio, is known for its fragrant, reddish-brown flowers. The plant thrives in woodland areas and along streams, blooming from mid-April through July.

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

If you want more color in sunny areas of your garden, a few bright perennials will do the trick. Whether you want big blooms or more textured, smaller flowers for a backdrop, they can fill your space ...

A variety of colorful shrubs in a landscape - Vicki Jauron, Babylon And Beyond Photography/Getty Images Putting together a beautiful landscape of shrubs can be a delight for your eyes, but what if you ...

No matter how much designers talk about enhancing the interior of a house, when an unwitting neighbor passes by on the street, it is the curb appeal of your home that sets its tone. First impressions ...

Ask a gardener about their favorite flowering shrubs, and they might mention rhododendron, forsythia, azalea, lilac, magnolia, roses, or viburnum. These are all great shrubs, beautiful when in bloom.

Dear Master Gardener: What can I plant to form a “living fence”? I have a dream of blocking out the neighbors with a mixed species hedge that would be good habitat for wildlife and pollinators. Answer ...