Fall is the perfect time to plant hedging, trees and shrubs. Despite shorter and cooler days, the soil remains warm and ...

Planting plenty of berrying plants is a good way to support birds. They relish berries, stripping many by the new year – ...

Many varieties of cotoneasters have orange and red berries that can be used to trail over containers or be grown upright ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a native shrub that turns wine-red and ripens blue-black berries in early fall.

The evergreen huckleberry and its cousins are survivors. They’ll grow in deep forest and bright sun. The best areas to look ...

What better reason to explore the woods during the Halloween season than in search of poisonous, scary-looking doll’s eyes?

Leave the bean pods on this shrub and they turn a startling shade of blue just in time for Halloween, hanging eerily from the ...

Plant lovers will enjoy the aptly named Christmas cactus, with its flat green stems which erupt with red and pink flowers as ...

A series of plant sales coming up feature native varieties that don’t need a lot of water or fuss and that provide food and ...

Each season sees us bringing different plants into our lives. Some seasonal plants popular now can be harmful to our pets.

I was waiting for you to visit this weekend. The bushes are simply overflowing with ripe blue berries and if we don’t harvest them soon they will fall and rot or be trampled,” replied the cat ...

Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants ...