So, it's ideal you plant mixed rows of evergreen shrubs (like mountain laurel, yew, and inkberry) so that their attractors (pollinators) can keep each other's detractors (pests) in check.

Whether you're looking for something needly or broadleaved, low-growing or tall, these evergreen shrubs will add year-round finesse to your garden.

Yew, otherwise known as Taxus, can be grown from zone 4 to zone 8 and will thrive in a range of settings and conditions. As a gardener, I have grown the English yew, Taxus baccata, as tall hedges ...

Viburnum, oakleaf hydrangea, fothergilla, Japanese kerria, winter hazel, blue hollies, Japanese plum yew and Russian cypress are among the shrubs and evergreens that do well in dry shade in the ...

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus) are among the most versatile of conifers. These slow-growing, long-lived evergreens are drought-tolerant, pest-free and amazingly easy to prune. Most have dark green ...

In many Chicago-area neighborhoods and suburbs, yew shrubs are ubiquitous. “In the 1950s and 1960s, they were extremely popular for formal hedges and foundation plantings, and they were ...

If you have yew shrubs around the home, take great care what you do with the trimmings! In fact, a Purdue expert recently cautioned that the consequences could be deadly for grazing livestock. Yews ...

If you have yew shrubs around the home, take great care what you do with the trimmings! In fact, a Purdue expert recently cautioned that the consequences could be deadly for grazing livestock. Yews ...