Most of us have boundary walls, fences, or garden buildings such as sheds or studios that are in shade for part of the day, and in some cases all day long, especially if your garden faces north or ...

The most overlooked real estate in your outdoor space isn't that patch of dirt you've been staring at. It’s the vast expanse of vertical territory going completely to waste. Up is now in, and climbing ...

Going vertical with climbing plants adds visual interest to any garden, providing nice foliage and often ideal seasonal flower power. There are useful vines out there in all shapes and sizes — some ...

If it is a tall, clinging vine (up to 80 feet), it is climbing hydrangea. If it has multilobed leaves, like an oak tree, and cone-shaped flowers, it is an oakleaf hydrangea. If it has leaves that come ...

Enlivening north-facing walls is a challenge. They receive little to no sunlight, particularly in winter, are generally saddled with dry soils, and are unbearably cold for most plants. Fortunately, ...

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — Adding interest to your garden and or porch or patio containers is easy if you think vertically! There are many colorful varieties of climbing plants to keep you looking up! Paul ...

Daniel Hinkley grew up in Michigan, a place with serious Zone 4 winters and a repetitive palette of two white-flowered varieties of hydrangeas. In many front yards, you could see Hydrangea paniculata ...

There might be no other plant that can change the appearance of the landscape like hydrangea. With its large, textured leaves and its large, showy, mophead-type flowers, hydrangeas can transform a ...