close up of a lilac bush

Trees, Shrubs & Vines

The best, most beautiful gardens are those that are dynamic in all four seasons, not just spring and summer. Including foundation trees and shrubs as well as blooming vines is the key to achieving yearlong interest. These versatile plants will add shade, structural interest, and colorful foliage to your landscape.
Lady palm
How to Plant and Grow Lady Palm
hydrangea frill ride planter
Frill Ride Hydrangea Flaunts Ruffled Flowers That Burst with Color
Carpenteria californica
Bush Anemone
Dwarf Korean lilac with light pink flowers
19 Easy-Care Shrubs to Use as Hedging Plants for Outdoor Privacy
harvesting persimmons
When are Persimmons Ripe? Here's How to Harvest the Sweetest Fruit
Meyer Lemon tree growing in California
How to Plant and Grow a Meyer Lemon Tree
pears growing in trees with a blue sky in the background
The Best Types of Pear Trees to Grow for Your Climate
Mandevilla Vine On Porch
How to Plant and Grow Mandevilla
weigela blooms with green and yellow leaves
How to Plant and Grow Weigela
Camellia japonica 'Lila Naff'
How to Plant and Grow Camellia
white Spirea Spiraea
How to Plant and Grow Spirea
golden common juniper
How to Plant and Grow Juniper
pink flowers, barn door, white rocking chair
How to Plant and Grow Bougainvillea
Chardonnay Pearls deutzia
How to Plant and Grow Deutzia
Ninebark Physocarpus
How to Plant and Grow Ninebark
Jasmine
How to Plant and Grow Jasmine
Doublefile Viburnum
How to Plant and Grow Viburnum
Purple Clematis Eloile Viole Tte
How to Plant and Grow Clematis
sago palm cycas revoluta
How to Plant and Grow Sago Palm
blue bonnet hydrangea blooms
Hydrangea
Lathyrus latifolius 'Pink Pearl' sweetpea
Sweet Pea
elder
Elder
Cross Vine Bignonia capreolata
Cross Vine
Erica selections
Heather
Sophora secundiflora
Texas Mountain Laurel
Ribes speciosum
Fuchsia Flowering Gooseberry
Sonchus canariensis
Tree Sonchus
BHG149219
Snapdragon Vine
Paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha, syn. Edgeworthia papyrifera)
Paperbush
licorice
Licorice Root
Iochroma cyaneum
Violet Churcu
Calliandra eriophylla
Fairy Duster
Diabolo Ninebark
22 Colorful Shrubs That Flaunt Gorgeous Foliage for Months
bird sitting on berry tree branch in fall next to bird feeder
19 Berry-Producing Plants That Will Attract Birds to Your Yard
Lilac Shrubs
How to Plant and Grow Lilac
pruning boxwood evergreen tree
How to Prune 12 Common Types of Evergreen Shrubs and Trees
Privet flowers
How to Plant and Grow Privet
Arborvitae in a row
How to Plant and Grow Arborvitae
Morning Glory
How to Plant and Grow Morning Glory
Eastern wahoo Euonymus atropurpureus
Euonymus
Double Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
Kerria
Hebe shrub on pathway
How to Plant and Grow Hebe
'Golden Shadows' pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia
How to Plant and Grow Dogwood Shrub
leaf and berries of ilex opaca
How to Plant and Grow Holly
caryopteris flowers
Bluebeard
Boston Ivy Parthenocissus
How to Plant and Grow Boston Ivy
Pieris japonica 'Christmas Cheer'
How to Plant and Grow Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub
barberry plants on lawn
How to Plant and Grow Barberry
Buckthorn Rhamnus Asplenifolia
How to Plant and Grow Buckthorn
Mock orange butterfly
How to Plant and Grow Mock Orange
White arch covered in flowers in front of house
How to Plant and Grow Boxwood
Grevillea
Grevillea
'Hardy Pink' oleander nerium
How to Plant and Grow Oleander
mohave-pyracantha-8666287e
Pyracantha
Flowering almond Prunus triloba
How to Plant and Grow Flowering Almond
Fire Power Nandina domestica
Heavenly Bamboo
Grape holly Mahonia aquifolium
Grape Holly
large colorful willow bush
Willow
witch hazel bush
How to Plant and Grow Witch Hazel
Black-Eyed Susan Vine Thunbergia
Black-Eyed Susan Vine
'Mystery' gardenia Gardenia augusta
Gardenia
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
Filbert
white Fothergilla flowers
Fothergilla