To emulate these beautiful landscape styles and their plantings, we asked Japanese garden designers for their recommendations ...

Ornamental cherries, acers and rhododendrons are all classic plants for Japanese gardens, adding height, structure and seasonal interest with colorful foliage or flowers. These plants all have ...

The plants you choose for a privacy screen can do more than shield your yard from view. This shrub is as great for privacy as ...

Gardens can wither away in a Southern summer, which is why we need reliable flowering shrubs. These easy summer-blooming ...

Volunteers planted 55 trees and 22 shrubs for the Japanese garden at Yunker Farm, a key step in a decade-old project by the Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society.

Q: What is the best way to control Japanese beetles? They seem to be eating the leaves of many different plants around my yard this year. A: For most plants in the landscape, control of adult ...

Japanese knotweed evolved in one of the harshest environments on Earth – now scientists are desperately trying to find a way to destroy it. "After sending a friend several hampers of plants ...

The late Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki developed a method of planting species in neglected urban plots. Native trees and plants are selected to blend with the natural soils, and over time ...