The pink flowers on this berry-producing shrub are inviting to butterflies, while its red fruit will certainly attract cedar ...

A shovel sticking into the edge of a garden bed - Nickbeer/Getty Images Ground cover is the backbone of your yard, creating a healthy environment for your prized plants to thrive. The right ground ...

What: Cotoneaster salicifolius “Repens” is one fast, easy to grow, and pest resistant groundcover. What an addition to the garden! This low-growing cotoneaster is fully evergreen and will quickly fill ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. During this New Year’s first weekend, gardens are showing their underlying bones. After a week of Christmassy ...

What: The smoky gray-green foliage of Cotoneaster glaucophyllus adds a sense of depth and mystery to the landscape. The low arching branches of this evergreen shrub form tight thickets, making it an ...

Bare spots in your flower beds are an eyesore, so these neat and fast-growing shrubs may help fill in those bald areas and ...

Note: Cotoneaster lacteus, mentioned below, has been recognized as an invasive species that threatens California’s native plant communities. For more, see the Invasive Plant Council (cal-ipc.org).

* Common name: Dwarf cotoneaster 'Little Gem' * Botanical name: Cotoneaster adpressus 'Little Gem' * What it is: A low, slow-growing and widely arching semi-evergreen with green leaves smaller than a ...

Q. I used to live in Virginia and had English holly shrubs to provide greens for holiday decorations. Now that I live in Southern California, I could use a suggestion for a good holly substitute that ...

Ground cover is the backbone of your yard, creating a healthy environment for your prized plants to thrive. The right ground cover plant can smother weeds in your yard and garden while also protecting ...