To add fall foliage to your landscape, plant dwarf fothergilla ( Fothergilla gardenii) in a sunny location with moist, acidic ...

From golden yellow in spring to fiery red and orange in autumn, this compact Abelia brings dramatic, every-changing color to the garden. Few shrubs are as versatile in the landscape as Abelia. These ...

What: The foliage of this almost whimsical abelia is transformed by a kaleidoscope of colors over the course of spring, summer and fall. In early spring, the leaves of Abelia x grandiflora ...

When this time of the year rolls around, I feel compelled to write about plants that can withstand the summer heat. As I was driving through town recently, a planting of kaleidoscope abelia caught my ...

QUESTION: I need to prune my azaleas, but I’m not sure how much I can cut them back. Is this a good time? ANSWER: Please don’t prune them now. Those existing stems have the buds for next year’s blooms ...

Abelias first came to the United States in the early 1900s from eastern Asia and Mexico, and they have been garden favorites since that time. These are sturdy plants that grow best in full sun to part ...

Move over Edward Goucher, there is a new abelia in town. Actually there are several abelias that will absolutely take this from a ho-hum shrub to one that is dazzling in the landscape. All of a sudden ...

Shrubs are the workhorses of the garden. If you choose carefully, i.e., play your cards right, you’ve designed a low-maintenance garden with a handful of ideally-suited flowering shrubs. No, really.