Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention.

WHAT: Contorted filbert, also known as Harry Lauder’s walking stick or corylus avellana contorta, is a deciduous tree with spiraled, mangled branches that provide striking winter interest in Northwest ...

•Water, water, water. Even your big old shrubs are going to need a deep soak at this point. •Dig bearded iris now. Replant rhizomes from the outer edge of a clump before September. Place the rhizome ...

Q: I was reading your response to a reader's question about a contorted filbert. You mentioned pruning. I thought, "Pruning? Am I supposed to prune it?" It has such fascinating limbs that I've just ...

Description: The corylus genus encompasses 15 or so species hailing from Europe and regions of western Asia. Two European species, C. avellana and C. maxima, are frequently cultivated as ornamental ...

It has been so cold and frosty in the garden recently that no time, save for a quick walk around, has been spent outside. It’s frustrating to look out from the house to see the lawn once again white ...