If you are looking for a flowering perennial that blooms during fall and winter in the shade and has a clumping growth habit, ...

Many people depend on feeders to draw hummingbirds into their yard, but several fruit plants can also work like a dinner bell ...

This basic guide to growing elderberry plants includes planting and care tips, types to grow, and best companion plants.

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A stunning coleus, no doubt planted for its chartreuse-edged maroon leaves, is now punctuated by gangly 2 1/2-foot-tall spikes of tiny purple blooms. They're attention-grabbing, to be sure, but ...

Prickly pyracanthas have vibrant yellow, orange and red berries, and they can be trained on a trellis or fence for a spectacular effect, and birds love them too. Many varieties of cotoneasters ...

And few plants can be accused of false advertising as the insect lured to a flower is usually treated to nectar. Bright red ...

The two plants differ in color, growing habits, and the appearance of their berries. They also differ ... creeper leaves in green and white or yellow and white. Some yellow and white types turn ...

Poisonous plants are often included in ... even though the berries are highly toxic to humans, ruffed grouse, yellow-bellied sapsuckers and robins can dine on them with impunity.