Cold winter weather causes changes in the foliage of many evergreen plants, including making them express new colors. For instance, Japanese cleyera produces rich, velvety burgundy foliage along with ...

The shrub produces berries that last from fall through winter and can be dangerous for birds to ingest. Grace Cary / Getty Images If you're a bird lover, you likely delight in watching these winged ...

Over the course of the last two months two shrubs have grabbed my attention. One is compact nandina, planted on the north side of the Show Me Center on the Southeast Missouri State University campus.

Near the end of July, the landscape tends to become a bit seedy looking. A good way to freshen things up is to deadhead or remove all the faded flowers from spent perennials and to give leggy annuals ...

These dwarf Firepower nandinas are mass planted on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville, Mississippi. Gary Bachman MSU Extension Except for a couple of cold nights, there’s no doubt ...

Q: I've had a nandina for several years, and it's never produced berries. I'm wondering if it's just too cold for them up here in Lykens or whether it's a variety that doesn't fruit. It's never ...

Nandina, also called heavenly bamboo, is an increasingly popular shrub for urban landscaping. The toxic compounds in its berries, however, could create problems for birds foraging on them in late ...

Winter months bring out the color in Nandinas. Nandina is an evergreen broadleaf shrub with leaves and berries that change with the seasons. As temperatures cool, leaf color begins to express shades ...

The weather to start 2018 has certainly been crazy. We had more than a week of temperatures in the mid-20s (Freezemageddon) followed by a week of moderate, more normal January temperatures. Now, we’re ...