When dusk arrives early and the lawn silvers with dew, small choices change everything. Colour, shape and scent can lift the longest nights. By late October, the right plants deliver light-catching ...

Most of the time I work hard to achieve a desirable outcome in my landscape but, from time to time, a plant comes along that is easy to care establish and care for without being too aggressive, it ...

Most of the time, I work hard to achieve a desirable outcome in my landscape but, from time to time, a plant comes along that is easy to establish and care for ...

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It is spring, and my elder or elderberry tree, Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea, is in full bloom. These beautiful white blooms bring back memories from before I lived in Texas. Growing up, elders were ...

For a happier, healthier garden, add more plants. That’s the word from ecologically minded landscape designers. In wild spaces — woodlands, meadows and cracked sidewalks — nature rarely leaves bare ...

Black elderberries are shiny, round, dark purple berries that have been used in Europe and northern Africa for a long time. They’re the fruit of a shrub called the black elder, which goes by the ...