A yellow house with dormant landscaping covered in snow. - LanaG/Shutterstock Winter can be a tough time for gardeners and lovers of beautiful foliage and flowers. With so much of nature lying dormant ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the growing season fades, we bid adieu to many of ...

Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

Flowers provide color and texture. So does foliage. What is less often considered is that the bark of many trees and large shrubbery can be aesthetically appealing as well. Bark is usually thought of ...

It’s easy to understand why some refer to winter as “stick season.” Snow cover, gray skies, and cold temperatures could lead to agreement that there is nothing but sticks to look at in the garden. But ...

Our winter landscapes need not be dull in winter, as in our Zone 7 we can grow many kinds of plants with winter interest, the broadleaf and coniferous evergreens, ornamental grasses, and berried trees ...