Dress up your porch or patio with gorgeous evergreen shrubs perfect for winter containers. The key to fabulous winter containers is evergreen foliage, but evergreen doesn't have to mean just green.

Hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, so if you want to make your garden a destination for them, you'll need to grow ...

These beginner‑friendly, space‑saving plants thrive when started in early spring and keep producing into summer.

Many of us have an ambivalent relationship with the public and their view of our outdoor spaces. Sometimes we want to show off our hard work, and sometimes we crave privacy. Achieving a sense of ...

Local horticulturist and landscape designer Kate O’Keefe shares her favorite plants that are ideal for containers. Kate O’Keefe knows her plants. She has a graduate degree in landscape design and is ...

Jump-start spring with a beautiful container garden of these cold-hardy plants.

Like most gardeners, I’m all about growing flowering annuals in hanging baskets and decorative pots. In recent years, however, I’ve grown increasingly fond of container gardening with colorful shrubs.

The word is out — container gardening is for both novice and experienced gardeners alike. It’s the perfect way to experiment with plants, delve into edibles, and exercise creativity. No longer limited ...

My flowers growing in hanging baskets have taken a real beating during recent hot weather. Even my tomato growing in a big pot does not have normal looking leaves. Is there anything I can do to help ...

Take the elegance of a chandelier, add the calming quality of greenery, and you'll understand why plants with cascading ...

New Orleans has a long gardening tradition of growing plants in containers in the landscape. According to an essay by Hilary Somerville Irvin in "The Southern Heirloom Garden" (William C. Welch and ...