The flowering dogwood tree (Cornus florida) is an all-season beauty that fits in any garden. Here's the best time to plant ...

Spring comes a little earlier in the South. Pale pink, snowy white, and fragrant purple blossoms dangle from trees and have us exalting in this season of renewal. If you're wondering what kind of tree ...

I love the many small, flowering trees that help brighten our landscapes from February to April. Blooming now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees, the Japanese magnolia or ...

The last weekend of March, metro Atlanta was subjected to the highest pollen count in nearly 35 years, with it surging to more than 14,000! Despite the sneezing, itchy eyes and yellow vehicles, I do ...

Winter is a long season here, and I miss the colors of the gardening season. Pruning is a favorite gardening task of mine and I always try to bring some stems into the house to get a preview of some ...

Hold the shears. Here are nine plants you should never prune in the spring, lest you risk fewer blooms and weepy, sticky sap.

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Every roadside tree standing there as if it were nothing at all is in fact moving according to such careful planning. How ...

A guide to spring plant sales around the Piedmont Triad to add beautiful blooms to your garden.