Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a stretch of road near my house that is flanked on both sides by a big swampy bog, loaded with sedges and grasses in some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Want to liven up your winter landscape? If these dreary, winter days lack color and interest in your garden, consider planting ...

Garden pundits speak of “the four-season garden,” promoting the need to plant for wintertime color. The most abundant color source of this season in my corner of New England, however, plants itself.

Q: I think I need a pollinator for my winterberry, since it’s by itself and has no berries. How do I know which variety to get? A: It can depend on which female variety you’re growing. Winterberry ...

Winter garden with shrubbery and dusting of snow on grass - Maria Evseyeva/Shutterstock While many people in the northern US wonder what a polar vortex means for our winter gardens, we're not just ...

Unlike its evergreen kin, the winterberry (Ilex verticillata) sheds its glossy green leaves in late autumn. But don't despair – that’s when this deciduous holly reveals a “berry” good show, just in ...

“Nobody seems to consider planting winterberry shrubs,” a landscaper friend observed. What a loss! I’ve enjoyed the bright winter color of these shrubs’ persistent fruit for many years and couldn’t ...

Want to liven up your winter landscape? If these dreary, winter days lack color and interest in your garden, consider planting winterberry. While their bright-red berries are well known as a festive ...