Every year around Mothers Day in the Boston suburbs, a welcome profusion of color bursts forth, even on branches that looked dead only a few weeks ago. Days are more consistently warm, the sun feels ...

One tried and true shrub for our local gardens is the azalea: a spring-flowering beauty that can be used in many locations in the landscape. Related to the rhododendron, which is Washington state’s ...

When it comes to landscaping, evergreens are the savvy gardener’s secret to year-round beauty. Unlike fair-weather flowers or deciduous plants that lose their leaves in winter, evergreen shrubs retain ...

When a gardener looks for a small shrub that gives at least three-season interest, rhododendrons rarely come to mind. Big lumbering shrubs with two weeks of glory do not appeal to someone who has a ...

Azaleas have lots to offer to southern landscapes - including evergreen foliage and showy flowers on small- to medium-sized shrubs - but they lack a wide adaptability to tough soil conditions such as ...

Few delights herald the dawn of spring like swaths of blooming azaleas. They are a southern staple in gardens and cityscapes alike. Extending the glory are reblooming varieties, none more recognized ...

When one hears the word azaleas, those lovely evergreen plants with majestic flowers come to mind. We all are familiar with the evergreen azaleas that came to us from Asia and are the staple of ...

We gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our azalea and rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous azalea specimen offers a different look with brighter, more colorful flower options, ...

Although our Southern neighbor Mobile is known as the Azalea Capital of the World, you don't have to drive to the Port City to stroll an Azalea Trail; the Druid City has its own broad representation ...