These small conifer trees for birds provide food and refuge in all seasons. These varieties are perfect for small landscapes.

If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and ...

The eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginicum) is an evergreen conifer common to our region. It does well in sandy, gravely, ...

While searching for colorful evergreen shrubs to enhance my landscape, I discovered two exceptional options at The Flower Bed Nursery in Lumberton, Mississippi: Juliet Cleyera and Miss Lemon Abelia.

Buchwal's team analyzed samples from 25 Scots pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, staining and photographing their growth rings under a microscope. The study revealed that blue rings were more ...

A blue ring formed in 1902 in a tree in northern Norway. Image by Pawel Matulewski and Liliana Siekacz. Scientists studying pine trees and juniper shrubs in northern Scandinavia are revealing the ...

Overall, only 2.1% of the pine trees' rings and 1.3% of the juniper shrubs' rings were blue; the cells which hadn't lignified properly were mainly found at the end of growth rings, in latewood ...

Since trees and shrubs can live for hundreds of years, identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees and juniper shrubs from northern Norway ...

Mahonias are stately shrubs beloved for their easy care and adaptability. They provide striking architecture in the landscape and gorgeous color throughout the year, from yellow winter blooms to ...

During these chilly months, how do plants and animals endure the ... which lowers the freezing point of their cell fluid. Evergreen trees that keep their leaves and stay green year-round, like Spruce, ...

Most plants will stay dormant until early March, depending on the weather. Evergreens are an exception. Because they are not entirely dormant in winter, it’s best to wait to prune them until you ...