Gardeners OK with switching out their boxwood for a deciduous shrub should consider any of the following dwarf shrubs: deutzia, spirea, weigela, potentilla or hydrangea.

While this yew has so far avoided the axe ... After dropping to the ground and evolving to walk upright, we continued our relationship with trees as they supplied us with fuel, medicines, building ...

Available in many different varieties, yew is a bushy, evergreen tree that grows upwards ... while others grow upright into tree-like shapes. All are easily pruned, however, and have dense leaves ...

Japanese plum yews (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) are another evergreen option for yards harassed by deer ... Try Skinny Fit ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba 'Menhir'). Its upright 3-foot-wide form will fit in the ...

Yews are the easiest and most forgiving evergreen shrub species to prune ... Junipers present more of a pruning challenge. Look inside upright or shrub junipers and notice all the brown interior ...

About 10 years ago I installed seven 6-foot-tall upright yews (evergreens) in the middle of November. A cold spell came in and the root balls were all frozen solid at planting. Winter burn ...

The decorations seen around my evergreen creations ... seen between the scarecrows was grown from an upright yew and took about eight years to look as it does today. In photo two, I also ...

Shrubs are the backbone of the garden, offering structure and interest all year round. Whether they’re flowering, evergreen, ...

For gardeners who prefer evergreens, yews are the obvious choice. Yews come in several shapes and sizes, all willing to grow in sun or shade, and in poor or good soils. Nursery growers in Ontario ...

Bringing vast stretches of the garden-defining yew ... trees (Parrotia persica), “a really, really tough plant that tolerates pruning very well.” He was able to find two good-sized ones of an ...