"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowering trees in your yard are truly a feast for the senses. Come spring and summer, these majestic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planting fast-growing shrubs is another way to bring color and fragrance to the garden. One large hardy shrub with fragrant ...

Gingers are an excellent way to enjoy both colorful flowers and tropical vibes in the Louisiana landscape. Many gingers do ...

One comparison made to this shrub's sweet-smelling flowers is apricots. Another is cotton candy. It blooms in the fall and it can extend into the winter months.

Among the most brilliant of flowering trees are those in the Fabaceae, or legume, family of plants. Imagine, for example, a tree with long golden chains of five-petaled flowers, so profuse that they ...

For many, there's nothing quite as sweet as waking up to a vase of freshly cut roses. After all, the rose is a timeless symbol of love, at least according to many of the greatest poets, painters, and ...

Before cold weather arrives, make sure you check these simple tasks off your lavender care to-do list.

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Fully bloomed azaleas are ...

Full disclosure: I wasn’t always a fan of California native plants because, honestly, I didn’t know anything about them. I was too busy being googly-eyed over show-stopper ornamentals like roses. My ...

If you grow lilacs in your landscape, chances are that you are enjoying that heavenly fragrance that lilacs are known for. Lilacs ( Syringa vulgaris) are one of the most popular deciduous shrubs ...