"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

If you're looking to plant something big in your front yard (or elsewhere) to really draw the eye and make a bold statement, a flowering tree is a natural choice—and what color is bolder than pink? As ...

While flowering shrubs and perennials certainly have their place in your garden, spring-blooming trees are equally valuable. Many pollinators depend on these early blooms for nectar, while birds stake ...

There are many different cultivars of Indian hawthorne. This particular variety is a great shrub for the southeast and is a good example of the larger cultivars, growing to about six to eight feet ...

Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

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 ...

It will soon be spring. How do I know? The Japanese Magnolias are in bloom. Nothing signals the arrival of spring better than flowering trees. There are many spring flowering trees that will soon be ...

What is more breathtaking than to see flowering trees in full regale in the spring. There are several trees that get an early start like some of the early Japanese cherries, cornelian cherry dogwood, ...

This spring's National Cherry Blossom Festival was expected to attract an estimated 700,000 visitors for the March 27-April 11 celebration. And as always, the horticultural star of the show was the ...

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