"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

If you're looking to plant something big in your front yard (or elsewhere) to really draw the eye and make a bold statement, a flowering tree is a natural choice—and what color is bolder than pink? As ...

While flowering shrubs and perennials certainly have their place in your garden, spring-blooming trees are equally valuable. Many pollinators depend on these early blooms for nectar, while birds stake ...

Few spring flowering trees bloom as prolifically as the crabapple, with branches enveloped in a cloud of soft pink or white ...

It will soon be spring. How do I know? The Japanese Magnolias are in bloom. Nothing signals the arrival of spring better than flowering trees. There are many spring flowering trees that will soon be ...

Magnolias, with white and pink blossoms, are spring-flowering trees Magnolia buds are covered with soft hairs that act like a tiny fur coat in cold weather. We look forward to spring, to fresh new ...

The last weekend of March, metro Atlanta was subjected to the highest pollen count in nearly 35 years, with it surging to more than 14,000! Despite the sneezing, itchy eyes and yellow vehicles, I do ...

Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

This spring's National Cherry Blossom Festival was expected to attract an estimated 700,000 visitors for the March 27-April 11 celebration. And as always, the horticultural star of the show was the ...

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