Generally speaking, conifers are trees and shrubs with needles that set seeds in cones. Yews, junipers and ginkgos produce cones, too, but they’re fleshy and appear berry-like. Ginkgos are ...

It’s at this time of year, when early perennials are spent, shrubs seem to have gone out of shape and hedges are looking wayward, that you may feel the urge to give your secateurs and shears an airing ...

In much of the country, much of the landscape goes barren from fall through spring. Evergreens are typically the workhorse plants that carry us through. But not all evergreens are created equal. A ...