I planted a group of cherry laurels 3 years ago, and each year the leaves yellow in early summer. It involves the entire shrub despite fungicides and pesticides. They recover, and after trimming, they ...

In winter, you can see what you might have done differently in the past gardening season. The garden looks bleak and desolate without greenery. Evergreen and hardy plants can make the garden appear ...

Cherry Laurel is in flower at present. Its flowers aren't very showy; they are very small and numerous, are off-white in colour and are arranged in flower-heads that are held upright like ...

“Presidents’ Day” is upon us again, and that always makes me think of George Washington. For a botanist, the old legend about young George’s chopping down a cherry tree is rather memorable. So, in ...

Plants are a great way to create privacy and screening and can even draw the eye towards a specific feature in the garden. They can also be used to cover up something potentially unsightly like broken ...