One of the most eye-popping sights in autumn gardens is a small shrub with clusters of bright purple berries along arching stems of golden leaves. “At a time when many other plants are fading, ...

This is mulberry season, and our trees are loaded with fruit. The humble mulberry was one of the first fruit trees my husband, Ralph, and I planted on our Groveland property after moving here in 1992.

American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is one of those shrubs that goes unnoticed until bright purple berries adorn the lengths of its limbs, and then, it is hard to miss. It is not very often ...

As we enter the last month of the year, I pause to look back at November. During the first weeks, the month seemed to act like early fall. Not only were snow and ice absent, so were the colder ...