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Shrub hedges that grow three feet per year can quickly screen undesirable views, reduce traffic noise from streets, and create backyard privacy from nearby neighbors.

A unique way to display plants in the formal garden landscape is to grow or train them to a standard form. These tips will help you grow shrubs in tree form.

For hedging or as a climber, the Escallonia is an ideal plant. Escallonia is versatile and can be grown as a bush, container plant and even in a rockery.

The Lantana plant, an easy to grow shrub, with aromatic flower clusters and stunning colors, is valued for its long reliable flowering season.

Provide a winter food source for birds, and add color to an otherwise drab winter landscape with these three shrubs.

These English Roses retain a growth habit closer to the modern roses and tend to be a bit showier than the other groups. See some favorite Leander Group selections.

With another dry, hot summer expected here in California, more and more homeowners are thinking about removing thirsty and needy plants and replacing them with natives.

While trees are the main tool of the landscape designer they must be selected carefully to avoid future problems.

Large ornamental plants create the backdrop for garden landscapes and set off other plants and bulbs. Learn how to grow and care for flowering and garden shrubs.

Attracting birds to the garden landscape can be easy for gardeners who plant these shrubs that feed and house native bird species.

There are many yellow flowering roses that will add cheerful color and warmth to your garden. Here are a few favorite roses of gardeners worldwide.

A very dramatic plant, with stunning blue tinged leaves, the Mexican Blue Palm is a very hardy palm, easy to grow and in summer provides an exotic flower display.

Dracaenas are prized for their beautiful foliage and easy care nature. Here's a look at the many varieties of this popular houseplant.

Winter gardens need not be drab and colorless. Use flowering shrubs with evergreen foliage and winter flowers to brighten the garden during the winter.

Beautiful seaside gardens need the correct garden landscape to thrive. Planning to counter wind, salt spray and soil problems will ensure a beautiful seaside garden.

Hydrangeas are ornamental shrubs, with huge heads of white pink or red flowers, but acid soil gives purple or blue hydrangeas. Some accept full sun, most are shade plants

Lilacs are among the most attractive small ornamental trees. They're easy to grow, need little attention once established and give a wonderful display of scented blossom.

Green gardens make use of native plants, eco-friendly pots and potting soil, rain barrels, and more.

These lovely evergreen conifers make great additions to a Japanese reflection garden because of the interesting form and year round color they provide the landscape.

The earliest blooms in the garden frequently give us a taste of spring, a promise that warmer days are coming. These spring flowering plants make a garden burst alive.

From flowering climbers and shrub roses to ground cover and patio plants, the different types of roses come in a wonderful variety of shapes and colours.

Low bush blueberries have been known to confer health in experimental animals. Now, the first human trial shows it enhances insulin sensitivity and wards of inflammation

With their bright colors, vivid songs and abundant energy, songbirds add an entirely new dimension to gardens.

Keeping the kids happy and the parent's pocketbook full this year has never been more fun. By simply using items from around the home a person can have a world of fun.

Gardening in Texas is not one-size-fits-all. The extraordinary diversity of Texas includes 10 climatic regions, 14 soil regions, and 11 distinct ecological regions.

As trees mature in a Texas landscape, the shade underneath often does not support grass. A ground cover that is shade tolerant will add beauty and protect from erosion.

Trees and shrubs with gold foliage create a look of sunshine dappled amidst the more common greenery in the garden. And there are many to choose from.

Appetites of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) include ornamental landscape plants. Choosing native deer-resistant shrubs equals landscape success.

Skillful early summer pruning practices for spring-flowering deciduous shrubs are essential for DIY landscape gardeners. Proper pruning promotes healthy, vigorous shrubs.

Standard shrubs have a head of branches at the top of a clear stem. They give height to borders, make excellent lawn specimens and are ideal for tubs and large pots.