While hedges and shrubs are great for creating privacy, you might want to consider using evergreens that will hold up ...

Native to the eastern United States, Mountain Laurel is a small ... (Rhododendron spp.) Some dwarf rhododendron varieties ...

While we know shrubs to be amongst the most reliable plants in our yards, some are naturally more resilient. These gorgeous ...

It may be surprising to hear then that the Harvard Gazette has called Mountain Laurel “one of the fastest-moving plants on the globe.” This is due to the plant’s very unique way of dispersing pollen.

If pollinated, female plants produce bright red berries in the fall. Spotted laurel’s real selling point, though, is its showy foliage of mottled green and gold. A confessed DIY junkie ...

The best fake plants, though, are the ones that look almost as natural as real ones and suit a variety of tastes and styles. Our top picks include the West Elm Faux Potted Rubber Tree, a lifelike ...

The Mountain resident and Paul O’Hara, a local botanist and landscape designer, have drafted a template to cultivate that vision with the hope of replicating it across the city.

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Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member of its kind -- providing new ...

Named for the mountain laurel (an evergreen shrub) that blooms throughout the park, Laurel Falls is one of the most popular trails in the park. The path has an upper and a lower section ...

A new study shows that of all plants classified as threatened worldwide, more than half are unique to islands, facing risks from habitat loss, climate warming and invasive species. A new study has ...