Because of their popularity as windbreaks and visual screens, we often see many conifers in the home landscape. Conifers are cone-bearing plants and do not flower. A few are deciduous and drop their ...

When I bought my home in Burlington nine years ago, a huge selling point was the gardens. Both front and back yards were terraced with stonework, and the previous owners had planted loads of ...

Have you ever visited a nursery or toured a botanical garden with a collection of unusual conifers and thought to yourself, “I’d love that shrub or tree, but I have no idea how to use it in my ...

Coloradans are lucky. In the dead of winter, when the landscape looks brown and dead or is covered by snow, we have the many hues of green conifers to remind us that spring will come again. In ...

Small plants are adorable. They’re like every mother’s secret dream – a child who never grows up into a gangly and unruly teenager. Little boxwoods, dwarf conifers and miniature shrubs have obvious ...

Spring has sprung and gardeners are digging in. Got questions as you carry on? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...

Fall is the best time of year to plant woody shrubs in the yard and garden, so why not take advantage of the season and begin designing a shrub garden all your own? Many gardeners in our area are ...

The traditional emphasis on dense, fast-growing, conifer-dominated forests in the Pacific Northwest raises questions about the health of dozens of animal species that depend on shrubs, herbs and broad ...

A new study shows that upon attack by bark-feeding weevils, conifers release substantial quantities of volatile organic compounds that provide important cues to neighboring seedlings. Conifers are ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The traditional emphasis on dense, fast-growing, conifer-dominated forests in the Pacific Northwest raises questions about the health of dozens of animal species that depend on ...