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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Versatile and attractive year-round, heavenly bamboo has carved out its place in Northwest gardens. No need to fear Nandina , either. Although it resembles bamboo – hence, its name -- it belongs to ...

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 ...

Q: You mentioned nandina 'Firepower' in one of your recent columns. I think it might be a good choice in my flower beds, but I'm not sure of the planting conditions for this plant. I have beds that ...

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 ...

Working in what I like to think of as the "green business" as long as I have, one of the subsets of green workers that I have really come to respect are the people who develop new, or better, plant ...