Less is often more when it comes to properly pruning flowering shrubs. Here’s what to do and why

Mix up the garden experience and let the flowers and shrubs play together

These exquisite shrubs will attract your attention but won’t tempt the deer that roam your neighborhood at night

Spilling over with berries or bursting with blooms, these stunning underused shrubs keep the garden party going through fall

These flowering native plants shrug off the cold of winter and heat of summer while adding beauty to the drought-tolerant landscape

Billowing on top and slender on the bottom, shrubs in a vase shape showcase blooms and foliage to perfection in the landscape

Bees and butterflies flock to this Texas shrub’s white and pink flowers in spring and summer

Put on a beauteous show in the garden with a landscape tree awash in flowers — just do your homework first

Blooming beauties can be yours from January through March — just take your pick from these bulbs, shrubs and even a tree

Buttonbush is an adaptable woody shrub with delightful pincushion flowers