Now’s a good time to spruce up the front entry landscape in preparation for holiday visitors. Start with a broom to the walls and ceiling of your porch. Halloween is long gone so those natural spider ...

Dear Helen: After several years of neatly controlled behaviour in our garden, a hebe suddenly exploded into exaggerated growth this summer. I don’t have the variety name, but the leaves are large and ...

If you like to prolong color in your landscapes through the summer and into the fall, consider planting evergreen shrubs called Hebes (pronounced HEE-bees) for vivid color in both flowers and foliage ...

TEN YEARS AGO we’d hardly heard of hebes, and now it’s a rare gardener who doesn’t depend on these tough little shrubs. Up until February’s frigid blast, we’d become complacent about their hardiness.

Pruning plants is crucial as it eliminates dead, diseased and damaged sections of the plant, reducing their susceptibility to pests. Moreover, pruning stimulates further growth and encourages plants ...

It requires little pruning to maintain its compact shape. Hebes are not long-lived plants but should remain attractive in the garden for 10 to 15 years. Replace older plants once they begin to ...

If you like to prolong color in your landscapes through the summer and into the fall, consider planting evergreen shrubs called hebes for vivid color in both flowers and foliage. “Most hebes flower in ...