An ideal hedge is dense and tall enough to block wind, mute noises, block views, or serve other functions based on your needs. Evergreen shrubs are popular for hedges because they offer the same ...

Every year around Mothers Day in the Boston suburbs, a welcome profusion of color bursts forth, even on branches that looked dead only a few weeks ago. Days are more consistently warm, the sun feels ...

We gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our azalea and rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous azalea specimen offers a different look with brighter, more colorful flower options, ...

Azaleas light up gardens in spring with a profusion of colors. They are easy to grow, come in a wide range of colors and if you choose your varieties carefully, you can have blooms from late February ...

Azaleas rank among the most common plants we grow in our Southern landscapes. According to the Azalea Society of America, more than 10,000 varieties of azaleas have been registered. With so many ...

Evergreen azaleas are one of the most popular of the partial-shade-loving plants, but their deciduous cousins, a group known as Exbury hybrids, have largely flown under the radar. Exbury azaleas' ...

Azaleas light up the landscape with a profusion of colors, indicating that spring is here. They come in a wide variety of colors, are not too hard to grow and, if you choose wisely, you'll have ...

One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. The azalea ...

JUDGING by the numbers of buds on Japanese evergreen azaleas, this is going to be a bumper year for flowers when they open soon. These little plants flower in April and May, over a period of several ...