A garden with perennials and ornamental grasses covered in snow - Maryviolet/Getty Images A winter garden is an excellent way for gardeners to keep themselves busy and extend the growing season. But ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cold regions are harsh on plants, especially when frost and snowstorms arrive. Even hardy trees can be susceptible — freezing conditions may ...

Seeking out shrubs and trees to plant in your backyard for a bird-friendly winter habitat? It feels so good to support birds in frigid weather when you know they're struggling to find food and shelter ...

BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — This wholesale tree nursery is on an old homestead near Bonners Ferry in northern Idaho and was an apple orchard in the 1920s. It has good water, deep glacial soils, and ...

MOST WINTERS, a few sparrows visit my yard, feeding on the seeds I scatter on the ground near my bird feeder. These particular sparrows have long tails, rusty crowns and eye-lines on their gray heads, ...

Did you hear about the guy who was afraid his expensive tree was dead? It finally budded out, which was a major re-leaf. Northern winters separate the wheat from the chaff, where trees, shrubs and ...

The worst threat to young trees and shrubs in winter isn’t cold or snow. “It’s bunnies and Bambi,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.