If you’re looking for a rather slow-growing foundation shrub to add to your landscaping, you may be interested in purchasing a Pieris japonica, native to Japan and commonly called Japanese andromeda.

Pieris are easy-to-grow and cold-hardy evergreen shrubs with dark fingered foliage that is attractive all year round. This plant (also known as the andromeda bush or the lily-of-the-valley bush) ...

One of my favorite plants on my shady, deer-ravaged property is a Japanese andromeda. It lives where many a bush has died. Plus, it's beautiful, especially in early spring when it is covered with ...

My first spring catalog has come. The excitement at our house is at a winter high — thinking of all of the green that comes with spring and the opportunities to add to my landscape. I have marked ...

Want a garden that stays vibrant all year? A spot where bees and butterflies come to visit, even when other plants are still under the spell of winter? Making that happen might seem like a big job, ...

Well, we finally got the rain we needed so badly. It just would have been nice if it hadn’t all come in the same week or so. The storms had odd winds that left my garden pots on the deck railing ...

Since moving back to Maine, I have had a fixation on one of the foundation plantings that came with the house. Unfortunately, I can be judgmental and snobby about what I perceive to be suburban ...