With flowering trees, you get the height and size of a tree, plus pretty blooms. Check out the best types of flowering trees.

Just because you have a shady garden or backyard doesn't mean you can't quickly fill it with color. Purple is often associated with creativity and sophistication, so it's perfect for creating an ...

Drive by farms in the northern tier of the United States and much of rural Canada, and you’ll see groves of lilac bushes next to outhouses. Or, more probably, next to the places where outhouses used ...

When it comes to finding garden inspiration, even the most experienced of Southern gardeners go through rough patches. One day, we frown and turn to ourselves and think, "If I see one more yellow ...

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The rains have slowed, the sun has returned and it appears Oregon’s spring has finally arrived. And with spring, comes the annual camas bloom. Common camas (Camassia quamash) was originally classified ...

Go look out the front window and take a peep at your mailbox. Is it as attractive as the rest of your yard or is it just plopped there, right where visitors first show up, stonily performing its ...

Traffic on Road 100 in Pasco passes by a field near West Argent Street covered with colorful lavender blossoms of purple mustard plants. While the colorful petals make a pretty photograph the species ...

When my husband and I moved to our home 23 years ago, I discovered a pretty purple flower in the flowerbed called creeping bellflower. I thought it an odd name, since it didn't appear to be a creeper: ...