Sold horticulturally as 'Rosea Plena,' dwarf flowering almond (Prunus glandulosa 'Sinensis') is another beautiful shrub you can grow as a foreground plant for forsythia. Maxing out at 4 feet, dwarf ...

When someone tells you a plant is a dwarf, it really doesn't tell you much. When it comes to trees or shrubs, the non-dwarf "normal" plant may grow 20 feet tall or more and the "dwarf" may grow to ...

Q: I would like to know which shrubs are deer-resistant, and maybe rabbit-resistant, too. Also slow-growing. I have two 35-foot sections of fence that have raised beds in front of them. A: You used ...

The trouble with forsythias is that we take them for granted. They are ubiquitous at this time of the year, flaunting their cheerful yellow colour in suburban parks and gardens from Penzance to Thurso ...

Forsythia is in full bloom. There’s more this year than ever before in my experience. Along roadsides and stream margins and in every other dooryard, its delicate yellow spires seem to be beckoning me ...

Maxing out at 4 feet, dwarf flowering almonds explode in a cloud of soft pink double blooms (much like carnations), adding a dual wash of color to the spring garden. Their cultural requirements align ...