Question: During summer, we added a number of foliage plants to shady areas of our landscape. What should we do when it gets cold? Answer: Most gardeners don’t like the really cold weather and neither ...

In landscaping, ground cover plants usually refers to low-lying plants with a creeping or spreading habit, often evergreen and with twiggy dense growth. But the truth is, any plant that’s no more than ...

It's vacation time and while we all love to get away, it can bring up a little concern over our plants, and whether they will survive our absence. Yet that need not be the case with these low ...

I’ve talked about blooming flowers in your landscape, but my favorite is using foliage to give me color and texture. Researching your plant selection allows for different growing conditions, with ...

Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. This ...

Tourists drive for hours to “leaf-peep” at Pennsylvania’s brilliant – and natural – fall-foliage show. Our native maples, birch, sweetgums, and dogwoods really do make a spectacular, end-of-season ...

We normally think of foliage as green, but a number of ornamental plants are grown for their colorful foliage. Many of our best and most reliable bedding plants for summer color rely on foliage rather ...