A garden alive with fluttering wings and cheerful songs begins with planting the right berries. These fruit-bearing shrubs and trees offer more than seasonal beauty; they provide vital food, shelter, ...

"To grow strawberries for a late spring harvest, start by sowing seeds indoors in seed or plug trays during the fall," says ...

Berry plants are perfect for container gardening, allowing you to enjoy fresh fruit at home while using space efficiently. Container gardening also makes it easy to reposition plants to ensure they ...

Timing is essential for cultivation success.

Berry plants are flavorful favorites in many kitchen gardens, but their ornamental value is all but ignored. These versatile perennials bloom in spring, fruit in summer and dazzle again in autumn, ...

Just when you thought the garden was ready to shut up shop for winter, along comes another of nature's extraordinary firework displays. Pillar box reds, jazzy oranges, golden yellows, turquoise blues ...

Berry-bearing shrubs provide a natural, seasonal food source for garden birds, often drawing in a greater variety than feeders alone. Here are 5 of the best to plant now.

The growing season may be winding down for the year, but that doesn’t mean that planting time is through. Cool autumn days are perfect for planting many perennials, including most of our favorite ...

Nothing says winter like the beauty of berry-producing plants. The biggest and brightest berries on trees and shrubs, especially hollies, typically appear just in time to welcome the holiday season, ...

It’s officially fall and I’m looking to add a few landscape plants to provide four-season interest and wildlife habitat and food. Evergreens provide shelter as well as winter structure from a ...

The biggest and brightest berries on trees and shrubs, especially hollies, typically appear just in time to welcome the holiday season, making your landscape look merry. At the College of William and ...

CORVALLIS – When winter comes and the menu for birds shrinks in urban backyards, they rely on the kindness of humans. That doesn’t mean just a bird feeder of seeds and nuts. “Different birds are ...