Mistletoe is commonly associated with Christmas cheer and sneaking a kiss beneath a bough in a doorway on a cold winter night ...

This weekend marks the winter solstice, the time of year when we in the northern hemisphere are as far away from the sun as ...

Mistletoe supplies typically come from apple orchards in western English counties, where it is very abundant, and from France ...

IT’S that part of the year that no matter how excited you are about what your 2025 garden will bring, when we look at our ...

Head out to the garden to find all you’ll need for decorating fresh wreaths, garlands and gifts, writes Mary Keenan.

While holly trees, or Ilex, are deemed to be some of the easiest evergreen trees to grow, if you have a specimen without ...

Q: My hollies have lots of red berries on them this year, but they’re covering part of my windows so I want to prune them. Is ...

Hollies and possumhaws are December scene stealers in the garden, about as postcard perfect as plants can be for the holidays ...

The best time to prune lilac bushes (Syringa vulgaris) is in late spring soon after your lilac bush has finished blooming. Lilacs flower on “old wood,” or last year’s growth. New buds will begin to ...

Flowering shrubs bring year-round beauty to your landscape. But to look and perform their best, flowering shrubs need regular pruning. But pruning flowering shrubs is very different from pruning trees ...

Local volunteers play a vital role in caring for the more than 1,500 rose bushes in the park. Their efforts during the January pruning event ensure that the garden is ready for mulching and feeding as ...

Since then Holly has largely stayed out of the spotlight, but she did return to her role on Dancing on Ice in January as co-host, this time with Stephen Mulhern who replaced Phil. She has once ...