Garden pundits speak of “the four-season garden,” promoting the need to plant for wintertime color. The most abundant color source of this season in my corner of New England, however, plants itself.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Want to liven up your winter landscape? If these dreary, winter days lack color and interest in your garden, consider planting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a stretch of road near my house that is flanked on both sides by a big swampy bog, loaded with sedges and grasses in some ...

Looking for a splash of color in your yard amid winter’s dreary landscape? Check out one or more of the many winterberry (Ilex verticillata) cultivars. This deciduous member of the holly family sports ...

Last summer, I delighted in watching my robin friends use our raspberry bushes like runways. As one swooped in to gobble up a berry that seemed almost too big for its beak, another was departing the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Every fall I’m on the lookout for winterberry, a shrub that belongs to the ...

With Christmas just around the corner, preparations for the big day are in full swing. Just last weekend I visited my parents’ house in South Amherst and I participated in a new activity: card making.

Simple and elegant, that's nature's style for decking the outdoors for the Christmas holiday. Over the next few weeks, we are going to look over her ''nice'' list for this honor. This week, it's the ...

Despite being natively at home in bogs and on the edges of kettle ponds and other wetlands, winterberry, a native holly species, does not require wet feet in order to thrive. Ilex verticillata is a ...

Legend says that during the dark days around the winter solstice, ancient cultures gathered the evergreen leaves of holly with its red berries to add lightness to their homes. Celtic folklore speaks ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. During the early autumn, I search for the first native wild winterberry’s ...