Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring ...

Nothing quite adds color to a yard or garden like a tree covered in beautiful flowers. Unfortunately, most trees only put out flowers for a season, leaving you with nothing but branches covered in ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One great thing to love about beautiful blooming trees is the welcome shade they offer come summer. In ...

Chris Wilson loves lilacs. He grows about 200 of them including more than 100 varieties at his home in West Newbury, Vermont. Like many gardeners, he was a little disappointed with the showing of his ...

Have you ever been caught behind a slow-moving car that’s obviously sightseeing? It might be me. A favorite summer pastime is driving around town looking at trees, flowers and landscapes, and if the ...

Spring-blooming woody plants like lilacs (especially the old, grafted varieties), ornamental cherries, forsythia, crabapples, azaleas and some magnolias set their flower buds for the following year in ...

Lilacs are such a bright spot in spring, serving as a reminder to us that warmer days are ahead. If you are approaching a garden or neighborhood with blooming lilacs, you’re sure to smell them before ...

Reader Carmen B. asks gardening columnist Don Kinzler the best way to manage the tree seedlings that pop up in her flower bed each year. Q: My husband has trimmed the tree seedlings in the photo back ...

The month of April is almost over, which means that lilacs are blooming at many places in this area of the Northeast. This is another one of those plants that’s been in North America so long that most ...

Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring or summertime blooms. But while most flowering trees produce white or pink flowers, if you’re looking ...