BostonGardens.com

02/05/2026

We recently read that a good way to introduce color to our gardens in the winter is to grow shrubs with colored twigs.

Dogwood (Cornus) stems are a good example, especially in a snow covered garden. The reddish color develops in the newest stems.

For the rest of the year the stems are, typically, either green or brown colored.

12/06/2025

Why Rhododendron Leaves Curl Inward?
https://bostongardens.com/why-rhododendron-leaves-curl-inward/

10/26/2025

‘Knock Out’ roses are some of the longest blooming flowering shrubs we grow. They keep blooming all the way through fall until the first frost.
https://bostongardens.com/knock-out-roses-until-first-frost/

10/05/2025

The New England Aster lights up the late season landscape.
https://bostongardens.com/new-england-aster-late-season-bloomer/

07/11/2025

Foxglove flowers are tubular in shape, produced on tall spikes, and vary in colors from purples to pinks and whites.
https://bostongardens.com/foxgloves-beautiful-but-toxic/

06/10/2025

Peonies produce nectar (a sugary liquid) on the outside of their buds, attracting ants, which will help the buds open.
https://bostongardens.com/its-peony-time/

05/27/2025

Cornus kousa, commonly called a Japanese dogwood, is native to East Asia.
https://bostongardens.com/cornus-kousa-a-tree-for-all-seasons/

05/12/2025

Mass Audubon's Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary

05/09/2025

Newly planted Hydrangea.

05/03/2025

04/26/2025

Known as Grape Hyacinths (Muscari Armeniacum), the clusters of bell-shaped flowers grow from tiny bulbs that thrive in nearly all soil conditions.
https://bostongardens.com/welcome-grape-hyacinths/