Shrubs

Shrubs and bushes act as wind breaks, privacy, and beauty in your garden. Learn which are best and how to grow them here.

Striking bicolor striped rose with deep red and creamy white swirled petals, surrounded by glossy green foliage.

Shrubs

13 Showstopping Striped Roses For Your Summer Garden

Solid colored roses are stunning, but have you ever seen a striped rose? These striped and splashy beauties are everything we want in our gardens this summer! Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to take a look at some of the most colorful and beautiful striped stunners around.

Disneyland roses display clusters of ruffled blooms in shades of apricot, pink, and orange on glossy green leaves and thorny stems.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Disneyland Roses

If you haven't experienced the magic of Disneyland roses, you're in for a special treat. This gorgeous cultivar befits a true princess. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss discusses how to care for this beautiful rose in this article.

A rose plant shows vigorous green shoots with small leaves growing from the base, indicating reversion to rootstock.

Shrubs

5 Signs Your Rose is Reverting to the Rootstock

Roses are resilient, productive flowering shrubs, ready to perform for years in the right growing environment. Beyond our control is the propensity of grafted roses to revert to their underlying rootstock. Gardening expert Katheine Rowe points to signs your rose is reverting, what to expect, and how to manage the internal horticultural conflict.

In the sunny porch garden, large terracotta pots stand in a row with lush, brightly blooming, low-maintenance Hydrangea shrubs, bearing large pink blossoms among green foliage.

Shrubs

11 Low-Maintenance Shrubs to Grow in Pots and Containers

Potted shrubs make a lasting impression with sizeable presence and seasons of dynamic color, form, and foliage. A low-maintenance selection in the right spot means less frequent gardener intervention. Garden expert Katherine Rowe outlines easy-care shrubs ready for container culture, whether short-term or for the long haul.

Delicate white bell-shaped blooms, a bush loved by bumblebees, dangle from red stems as a striped insect pollinates.

Shrubs

17 Flowering Shrubs Bumblebees Love

To energize the garden with the sauntering buzz of bumblebees, choose their favorite flowering shrubs. With a long bloom time, including those that bloom in transitional seasons, shrubs provide a lasting resource to support the pollinators. Garden expert Katheirne Rowe highlights flowering shrubs that beckon to the bumblebees.

Close-up of a gardener with red pruning shears pruning the long green stems covered with brittle thorns and jagged leaves of a rose bush in a spring garden.

Shrubs

How to Prune Roses in Spring: 7 Pro Tips

Spring rose pruning doesn't have to be intimidating. With these tips, you'll learn how to shape your roses for optimal growth and abundant blooms. Gardening expert Madison Moulton explains the essential techniques every rose gardener should know.

Vibrant pink azalea flowers bloom in zone 5, featuring clusters on a compact shrub, with glossy dark green leaves and slender stems.

Shrubs

When Do Azaleas Bloom? What to Expect in Your Zone

Azaleas are lovely landscape shrubs, especially when they bloom. Flowering time can vary between different climate areas and also depends on pruning. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to find out when you can expect those beautiful blooms in your zone.