These trees and shrubs provide food for wildlife while adding some welcome color to the winter landscape.

Some of the best plants to grow in your garden aren't just those that bloom in spring and summer — there are also flowers that offer a welcome burst of color when winter turns the landscape dull.

When winter arrives, it can feel like your garden loses its spark. Bare branches and gray skies make it tough to enjoy your outdoor space. You do not have to give up on having a lively yard just ...

Chrysanthemums, so colorful and varied in their form, add vibrant interest to late summer borders and pots. They can be planted throughout the growing season as long as they’re given time, about six ...

Gardeners often lament that they have a shady yard and there are only a few plants that will grow in this situation. They love the coolness that trees provide, especially when they are enjoying being ...

Do you like looking out on your dead, drab garden all winter? We didn’t think so. If you don’t want to stare at crispy leaves and a bunch of brown sticks in your landscape, plant for winter interest.

When you start gardening, you tend to throw plants into the ground without a lot of thought to how that one plant relates to the entire garden. But as you rack up some experience, it's worth ...

Early spring in the Northwest perhaps can best be described in one colorful word: gray. OK, maybe not that colorful after all. But there are ways to add other, more vibrant colors to gardens from ...

There are many kinds of flowers still producing vibrant color in the garden even though it’s late October. One of these is the obedient plant, sometimes called false dragonhead, Physostigia viginiana, ...

Question: I am looking for some good summer color. What would you pick to add to a flower bed? Answer: While many colorful plants are available for summer, two that seem to survive the best and into ...

A wide array of flowering plants will bloom when grown indoors. Match the plant to the growing conditions and your ...

Consider adding some lesser-used plants to add color to the summer landscape. One example is to add St. Johnswort to your garden. The yellow blooms stand out against the blue green leaves and are ...