While evergreens may not be as exciting as colorful perennials that act like fireworks during spring and summer, they are important structural plants that are versatile and adaptable. As a former ...

Don’t automatically blame cold weather for killing your plants over the winter. Most plants that suffer chronic winter damage and die are stressed plants that would have died from something ...

Evergreens are the foundation of any well-designed garden, providing structure, texture and interest at all times of year.

Question: I recently purchased a home in Idaho Falls that is landscaped with shrubs which lose their leaves. When I lived in ...

Most evergreen shrubs do not need thinning or formative ... The best way to rejuvenate these plants is to cut them back during the dormant season. First cut out dead, diseased and crossing stems ...

Winter burn can be a serious problem for evergreens. After the cold and windy winter we had, signs of winter burn abound on evergreen shrubs and trees. There are some broadleaved evergreens such ...

Both of these plants are utilised for their unique leaf ... My final favourite is the sentinel evergreens on either side of my back door; two lollypop bay trees. They have been grown in containers ...

Most plants will stay dormant until early March, depending on the weather. Evergreens are an exception. Because they are not entirely dormant in winter, it’s best to wait to prune them until you ...