With their other-worldly blossoms and attractive growing habits, these trees will become the jewels of your garden. Getty Images/Jacky Parker Photography Flowering trees make for a stunning ...

Do you ever feel like you see the same plants in every yard, year after year? The search for something different can feel like an ongoing chore, but a new trend is here to refresh your outdoor space.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

Flowering trees make for a stunning centerpiece in any yard. They not only signify the arrival of different seasons with colorful, vibrant blooms, but they also lend sweet aromas and a sense of whimsy ...

Eastern redbud is a small native tree found in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4 through 8. Redbuds generally grow to about 20 feet tall and 30 to 35 feet wide at the top. They bloom in early spring before ...

I just read your column about a white-flowering bush. It reminded me of my question about white-flowering trees in the early ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

OK, before you start reading, go get a pen so you can write some names down. For too long, we’ve been frittering away our best season of flower trees bemoaning the loss of dogwoods to disease, waiting ...

For a bit of early color and fragrance inside your home or office, branches from many common flowering trees and shrubs can be forced to blossom indoors, even when the weather outside is cold and ...

Parsley hawthorn trees grow to about 15 to 20 feet tall. Clusters of white flowers appear in March or April and are soon followed by the foliage, which looks like flat Italian parsley, hence the ...