We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come early or late, but you can’t stop the tapestry of green as new foliage emerges from trees and shrubs for the next few months. This is a ...

Use these tips for pruning rhododendrons to get a burst of fresh foliage and flowers. Although generally low-maintenance, rhododendrons occasionally do need pruning to rejuvenate them. Timely pruning ...

Rhododendrons, frequently called the “King of Shrubs” and regarded by many as the best flowering evergreen plants, are especially well-suited to our climate on Staten Island. Their showy spring ...

Many garden enthusiasts are leery of planting rhododendrons and azaleas, afraid that anything so showy must be a diva that demands pampering. Not true, said Tere Cole, lead horticulturalist at Holden ...

Several years ago, I had a reader ask, “Why should I use an anti-transpirant?” As landscapers, we would use this product to reduce water vapor escaping from the plant. Anti-transpirants or ...

Rhododendrons are evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, although mainly from Asia, they are also native in North America and Europe. With such high diversity of spectacular flowers the genus ...

What evergreen shrub has blooms the size of grapefruits? What produces a rainbow of colors, depending on the variety: pure white, yellow, orange, pink, rose, deep red and dark purple? What sports a ...

Hydrangeas can be a pain to maintain. If you want the beautiful spring blooms of hydrangeas without the work, consider this ...

Rhododendrons, our state flower, are shade-loving plants that bloom in the spring beneath the native fir and cedar trees. The Olympian We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come ...