If you want your garden to look gorgeous in winter, plant this colorful flower as temperatures begin to cool and watch it ...

Pruning is a popular winter gardening task, but we thought we'd take a look at the plants you should never prune in December to ensure we aren't dealing our trees and shrubs undue damage.

Most varieties will grow in USDA Hardiness Zones 3-9. Giant Snowdrop Giant snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii) is larger than most. The plants can reach a foot tall and have larger blooms.

Typically, the blooms will last for 2 months before they start to fall off and a happy plant will rebloom at least once a year. Orchids are very easy to take care of. Soak the leaves and soil in ...

Plants experience a long bloom season, flowering from spring to early summer. The blossoms attract an abundance of butterflies and birds love to nibble the seeds, which reseed readily in the garden.

3. Violas (Image credit: Shutterstock) “Violas are a beautiful addition to your yard during the colder part of the year,” says Wilson, “Offering bright flowers that bloom throughout the winter.

We know we should grow plants to help feed hummingbirds during the summer, but in areas where these birds overwinter, here's a bush that blooms in the cold.

Still, for the time being, he said, “I wouldn’t say winter is over just yet.” That could mean some plants and trees are in for an energetically stressful start to their spring.

Poinsettias aren’t the only plants that bloom bright at this time of year. After the election on Nov. 5, it seems that about half us are cheering and the other half need cheering up. One thing ...

The late Elizabeth Lawrence, perhaps our most famous Southern garden writer, loved winter blooming plants so much that she wrote the classic, Gardens in Winter (1961) to sing their praises.

Perennial flowers are those that you plant once, they flower then survive the winter and return to bloom again the following year. Examples of perennial plants that do best in Western Washington ...