The fern-like green to gray-green foliage tells you ... it earns a spot in the shade garden with its finely divided variegated leaves. Jacob’s ladder looks particularly good in a natural setting ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Good in dry shade, the variegated leaves add a bright note from spring to fall. Pretty white or mauve flowers show up in May ...

Bergamot thrives in full sun to partial shade, but it needs a minimum of six hours of sunlight every day to grow well. It ...

In maturity, the basswood develops a pyramidal shape and can grow to 80 feet high and 50 feet wide. The heart-shaped leaves of this tree form a dense canopy, making it a good choice for shade in large ...

Hellebores, witch hazels, and snowdrops are three plants that love the cold weather and offer up blooms to brighten up the ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant ... leaves of this tree form a dense canopy, making it a good choice for shade in ...

While flowering for some species might be triggered by seasonal cues like day length, air plants reluctant to bloom might ...

This group of plants fits the mold of what I like to call landscape problem solvers. At home in shade or sun and just ... spring out of the ground with gray-green, strap-like leaves to about ...

Butterflies and moths look alike and are in the same family, Lepidoptera. Their life cycles start with eggs that hatch to ...

Cornus alba ‘Sibirica’ creates the same effect but with richer red stems, again looking its best during winter. Here the ...

Tropical trees like plumeria do not thrive in most parts of the United States because they require hot and humid conditions.