Late winter and early spring can be kind of a dreary time in gardens, with many plants still dormant. However, if you plan ahead, your garden can be magically blanketed in blooms, even when there's ...

Stretching across 210 acres along the wooded shoreline of Lake Hamilton, Garvan Woodland Gardens boasts an impressive assortment of natural and human-made attractions. Surprisingly, flowers are not ...

Trout Lily and Spring Beauty are two ephemeral wildflowers that bloom in early spring before trees leaf out. They rely on insects and other wildlife for pollination and seed dispersal. Gardeners can ...

Sooner or later, you discover that the Mid-Atlantic spring comes in three phases — three faces, you might say. Leading up to and including cherry blossom time, the garden is fresh with burgeoning ...

The shady areas around our homes are pleasant, but often, they are bare spots devoid of flowering plants. Many perennials, annuals, and shrubs can brighten up those partially to fully shaded areas ...

All-green gardens are becoming popular again as the centerpieces of monochromatic landscaping. The designs are appealing and restive, driven as they are by massed ferns, moss, leaves, bark, berries, ...

Acres of tulips are blooming at Holland America Flower Gardens at 1066 S. Pekin Road, south of Woodland. Visitors can enjoy the display garden, or pick their own flowers in an adjoining tulip patch at ...

What: The 12th annual Woodland Tulip Festival, with vendors, a display garden, a you-pick field and contests. o Where: Holland America Bulb Farms, 1066 S. Pekin Road, Woodland. o When: 10 a.m. to 4 ...

British woodland in April is more lovely than even the finest of gardens. Beneath the trees, drifts of bluebells will soon be taking over from earlier violets and primroses, with foxgloves adding to ...

Lots of the best-smelling plants need sunlight to thrive, but there is also, fortunately, a good selection of fragrant ...