For 2023, the National Garden Bureau’s shrub of the year is spirea, which unfortunately often gets overlooked during the spring buying-rush as old-fashioned and uninteresting. In reality, spireas are ...

These plants will light up your yard with fall hues without the mess. These prim shrubs will bring the reds, oranges, and yellows to your autumn garden.

After a long winter, there is an amazing amount of pruning to do. When to prune shrubs is determined by when they bloom. Shrubs that bloom in summer, anytime from June on, such as roses and hydrangeas ...

As I was trimming spirea bushes this year, I was pleased to see several odd shaped “growths” on various branches. These are the egg cases, or ootheca, for the “praying mantis,” a member of the ...

When you garden, you must follow nature's clock. While the warmth of summer may inspire the wielding of pruning shears, not all plants will appreciate the act and effort, no matter how delayed their ...

September always feels like a season of transition. In the landscape, it’s also the time when many homeowners look at their ...

On a Saturday morning in April, Salem Kiwanis Club volunteers pitched in to plant and mulch 58 spirea bushes at the Salem CHIPS center, beside the Roanoke River Greenway. Pictured here, left to right, ...