Southern Living on MSN

This Versatile Evergreen Shines Year-Round With Dazzling Purple Foliage

Purple Daydream® Dwarf Loropetalum is easy to grow in Southern gardens located in USDA hardiness zones 7 and warmer. At the ...
House Digest on MSN

Fast-Growing Flowering Shrubs To Add Color And Privacy To Your Yard

If you're looking to create a colorful, private oasis to call your own, these are the best bushes that will get the job done ...

Adding native plants to cover a foundation: Once we remove nonnative shrubs, do natives fill the void?

The new bed of shrubs already supporting other wildlife: more bees, a steady stream of butterflies, and on one particularly remarkable day so many monarchs that the entire patch shimmered.
Scientific American

This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet

An enigmatic group of fossil organisms has finally been identified—and is changing the story of how plants took root on land ...
C&EN

Molecular tools may help us locate mass graves

Credit: Grainger Films Bodies decompose differently in mass graves than in individual graves. To understand these differences ...

The Watering Schedule That Saves Roots — and Prevents Ice Damage

You know that slightly smug feeling you get in the fall when your garden still looks fantastic while everyone else’s plants ...

The Affordable Way To Add Rose Plants To Your Garden During The Dormant Winter

Dormant-season planting offers a budget-friendly way to expand your rose beds, but timing, storage, and proper preparation ...