Norman Winter

This time of year, the lacebark elm's splendor comes from its fall leaf color and the incredible beauty of its bark. These mesmerizing traits seem to go unnoticed, or at...

Three years ago Snow Princess lobularia shocked the gardening world with a dazzling performance through the long hot summer. It became a plant that left many horticulturists scratching their heads...

Almost everyone is thrilled when hummingbirds visit their garden. It is really a matter of picking out the right flowers such as the new Ballistic, a variety of Cuphea ignea....

Squash for small urban gardens and containers may seem like an idea that is simply too good to be true, but "Balmoral," a hybrid pattypan type of summer squash, delivers....

Names like firewheel, sundance and Indian blanket give clear indication that this is a flower that packs some color. Two-foot-tall plants loaded with red flowers that look as though they...

If you have been looking for a big begonia that can take full sun, by all means remember the word "big." Big is a hot new series of begonias that...

In a gardening world dominated by a sea of green, well-placed pockets of plants with silver and gray foliage can be ever so striking. While most of us grow these...

Plant resource The Missouri Botanical Garden website has growing information on hundreds of plants, including buttonbush. Go to mobot.org (click on "Gardening and Horticulture").

It's not often that a raved-about cut flower crosses over into the landscape world with ease, but such is the case with the Celway series of celosias. The Celway series,...