My red- and yellow-twig dogwoods have gotten bigger than I was expecting and now have very little color in their stems. These are supposed to be good plants for winter color, but now they look drab — ...

An instant hedge in a pot, two stunning new Kousa dogwoods, and super-small versions of birch, butterfly bush, and smooth hydrangea are among the best new trees and shrubs debuting in the 2019 growing ...

Ah, the middle of spring. Like most gardeners, I’ve been daydreaming about this time of the year since last fall, planning new beds and considering new plants to try. So once the rain tapers off and ...

A cheery glimpse of color on a gray and wintry day: That’s why we plant shrubs with bright bark. Colorful bark is a main feature of red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea), Siberian dogwood ...

One clear winner in the winter color category is dogwood shrubs (Cornus species). Redosier dogwood shrubs have a deep red color that is gorgeous in winter, especially on a cloudy day. Hybrids are also ...

According to an old saying, if you’ve properly pruned your shrubs, they shouldn’t look pruned. That’s sage advice — unless, of course, you’re pruning shrubs to look like Donald Duck at Disney World.

Q: We are getting ready to transplant our dogwood. Can it also be split so we have two? - Joy Dunn, West Fargo. A: You’ll be pleasantly surprised to find how many new dogwoods you can produce from ...

Question: I am growing these low-growing shrub dogwoods in our garden, and I really notice all these little spots all over the leaves this fall. What causes that? Answer: The dogwood you are growing ...

Shrubs, which are smaller woody plants than trees with several stems rising from the ground, can grow more rapidly than their taller counterparts and quickly take root in a garden. The Royal ...