While some might think of gardening as an activity for just the warmer months, experienced gardeners and plant lovers ...

The best shrubs with winter berries add pops of joyful color to the garden when it's most needed. As the days get shorter a show of lustrous berries will add standout factor to your garden, as well as ...

Experienced gardeners know that there are more ways to bring color and interest into a landscape than just flowers. A few weeks ago I wrote about the changing color of leaves in fall, which is another ...

Holly plants such as the Christmas holly are beautiful shrubs that make excellent mixed borders, hedges, and foundation plantings. They also look striking as a stand-alone specimen. People often ...

With their glossy, serrated leaves and bright berries, holly (Ilex ssp.) stands out as an iconic ornamental plant. The plant’s fruits and foliage symbolize the winter season and the Christmas holidays ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted as ...

If you’re out hiking this time of year, you may have noticed an explosion of bright red berries all along the Santa Monica Mountains and San Gabriel Foothills. It’s a nice burst of color at a time ...