There are some plants in my landscape that I must admit I don't give much attention most of the year. Kerria japonica seems to vanish in the shrub border along the west side of our backyard except for ...

GINA PARKINSON sings the praises of a May plant that might seem ordinary but which has its own beauty. THE May garden is so full of interesting things to talk about that it is hard to choose, but one ...

William Kerr was a young Kew gardener, and protégé of Sir Joseph Banks, the famous 18th-century naturalist and plant collector. In 1804, Kerr was seconded to the East India Company in China to search ...

A lovely flowering shrub with many seasons of interest is the Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica). This relatively small shrub has branches that arch up and out from a central point. The bark is an ...

I have a Japanese kerria, which was spectacular in bloom this spring. It has outgrown its space, however, and with all the rain, the long branches are hanging over everything. How can I prune my ...

My first year of teaching was in a small town between Fernie and Cranbrook, in the beautiful East Kootenays. Since then, I’ve kept in touch with a British couple on the staff. During my travelling ...

A pretty yet underused spring flowering shrub is the Japanese kerria (Kerria japonica). This shrub has smooth green stems that are upright and arching. Individual stems have a zigzag to them. The dark ...

are moderate perennials native to South Africa. They need well drained soils—particularly during the dormant winter months, or they will rot and not reappear the following year. They come in a wide ...