From golden yellow in spring to fiery red and orange in autumn, this compact Abelia brings dramatic, every-changing color to the garden.

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Plant a variety of bee-friendly shrubs and enjoy year-round beauty and loads of pollinator appeal. Include a mix of spring, ...

Although there are some shrubs you can (and should) prune in winter, pruning certain types of shrubs around February can stress them when they're dormant or remove buds that will eventually bloom.

Abelias are graceful shrubs that deserve wider use in the landscape. They tolerate a range of light conditions, seamlessly bridging sunny and shady areas of the landscape to create harmonious ...

Pruning in February can stress dormant shrubs or removing potential blooms for certain species. Don't prune gardenias, certain types of hydrangeas, loropetalum, evergreens, or pieris. As an exception, ...

Let spring arrive and give them a chance to bloom. Two other plants gardeners often worry about are big-leaf hydrangeas and gardenias. Both of these plants should bloom in the summer, but only prune ...

One nursery lost thousands of plants following a 26-degree freeze. One citrus grove lost lemons and other citrus fruits. The Florida Farm Bureau called the damage across Florida "significant." Growers ...

Plant architecture can be used to describe a range of morphological features that contribute to a plant’s overall physical structure and fitness. Both inherited and environmental factors play a role ...

Plant molecular biology is the study of the molecular basis of plant life. It is particularly concerned with the processes by which the information encoded in the genome is manifested as structures, ...