Emma Fell, head of horticulture at Hillier, recommends Photinia fraseri “Red Robin” for our list of fast-growing shrubs.

I would recommend Japanese holly, or Ilex crenata ... Be sure to use a feed specifically for evergreen and foliage plants.

Like clueless kids in the class, these groups of flowers didn’t quite move past the wonder of kindergarten and their one true goal in life is to get to the end of the rainbow and find a pot of gold.

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring ...

The best evergreen shrubs can be instrumental in giving a garden its unique identity with variations in flower, leaf form and fragrance Use evergreen specimens to create privacy screens and ...

Are your peppers sulking and seeds rotting? Blame it on the soggy May Now’s the time to prune those spring-blooming shrubs and evergreens Can you really grow vegetables in the shade? Got moss in ...

Lusterleaf holly isn't just a good privacy shrub because of its deer resistance; it also has the advantage of having large evergreen leaves, which ensure that your privacy stays protected all year ...

One of the best shrubs for year-round beauty with minimal effort is the stunning 'Bordeaux' yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria ... Whether you grow them alone or opt for layering them with other evergreens ...

Dear Tom, Last year I decided to give up the fight against box moth and ripped out all my 20-plus box plants. I replaced them with Ilex crenata, only to subsequently find out that they need acidic ...

A deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub depending on your hardiness zone, it can grow up to 8 feet tall and has graceful arching branches. In early summer, small, fragrant, white flowers appear and fall ...