'Tis the season to celebrate the evergreens in our lives as we prepare to give pride of place to the Christmas trees that represent everything bright and shiny about the holidays. Many ...

REPLACE WITH A DWARF CONIFER: Beautiful miniature conifer container gardens can be put together in just a few minutes. (Iseli Nurseries) “Never yet was a springtime, when the buds forgot to blow.” – ...

Hardy evergreens can provide welcome year-round color and structure in even the smallest of gardens. But choosing evergreens for small spaces can be tricky. Homeowners often don’t realize a baby plant ...

WHAT: This stunning dwarf conifer (Chamaecyparis pisifera Nana Aureovariegata) is bun-shaped dwarf with specks of vanilla-cream color throughout. It is a gorgeous addition to the winter border or can ...

Evergreen attractions are the bones that can make any garden a wonderful four-season refuge for birds and gardeners alike. Conifers not only provide that tempting trio of food, shelter and nesting ...

We buy live Christmas trees with the best of intentions, excited about the possibilities of decorating our living rooms for the holidays and our gardens for evermore. Sometimes, that's just the ...

Did you see the full moon setting on Thursday morning? Wow! It was a cool, frosty morning. The moon was hovering over the horizon, viewed between bare branches. A huge peach-colored orb, it vividly ...

Without perhaps realizing it, Shirley Taylor’s miniature gardens are creating the first-rate springboard for people who want to discover the fun and pleasure of gardening with dwarf conifers. Her ...

The trees surrounding Wheatland tower overhead, yet in one corner, the plants can be crushed by the tiniest feet. Here, in the dwarf conifer garden, a circle of twigs surrounds a 5-inch tall ...

Rebecca van der Zalm remembers when she first fell in love with conifers. It was when she went to the famous Iseli Nursery in Oregon with her parents, who were then the owners of the Surrey nursery ...