Can you remember a visit to your grandparents’ home and the fascination with what was growing in their yard? Perhaps one of the shrubs was one that we value today and it is just finishing its bloom ...

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A flowering hedge is more than just a privacy screen: Cleverly combined, it blooms from early spring to late summer. But for ...

The first time I saw a flowering quince was about 25 years ago east of Tallahassee in Monticello. A co-worker and her husband purchased an old home from a fabulous gardener and she wanted me to come ...

One winter-blooming shrub that feels familiar and comforting to me is the flowering quince. This plant quietly becomes part of the family landscape, showing up year after year without ever demanding ...

Q: We moved into our new home last year just after New Year’s. In the backyard, in a nicely sheltered southwest corner, there are two established shrubs. The shorter of the two is what I believe to be ...

Chaenomeles, pronounced “kee-NOM-uh-leez,” is a pretty word that describes a small genus of shrubs commonly known as flowering quinces. It comes from the Greek “chainein,” meaning to split, and “melea ...

Question: I have forsythia and flowering quince. When and how to I prune these? They have rampant growth, but I don’t want to accidentally prune so much that I don’t get any flowers next year. Answer: ...

Hydrangeas are a Southern garden staple so universally loved that no one dares question even a single cluster of baby-blue blooms, even if they're merely there to flank your trash cans. If you're ...

Flowering quince – Chaenomeles sp. Flowering quince is an heirloom plant, that was grown in your grandmother’s garden. The older variety was C. japonica. People couldn't pronounce the genus ...

Hydrangeas are a Southern garden staple so universally loved that no one dares question even a single cluster of baby-blue blooms, even if they're merely there to flank your trash cans. If you're ...

A flowering quince (Chaenomeles sp.) is an attractive, easy-to-grow shrub loved for beautiful spring blossoms that provide pops of color early in the season. As well as ornamental flowers and foliage, ...