To foster a wildlife-friendly backyard, plant viburnums, hawthorns, and hollies and attract more birds, bees, and butterflies ...

From a distance the all-white Ilex Cafe in the middle of the Botanic Gardens looks like a bunch of yacht sails at the start of a race. It really does look gorgeous. And how strange you can't park ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

The aptly named winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a particular favorite of birds, including Eastern Bluebirds and Northern Mockingbirds—and gardeners. “I love seeing those berries in the winter, when ...

Here, under the pampered ilex trees, they waited their turn, munched bread and cheese, lounged against the new Buicks and Chryslers of hotel patrons who found Europe comfortable enough. Ploughmen ...

Puerto Rico is Spanish for “rich port,” and it’s a fitting name for this beautiful island with year-round tropical, people, history, and trees! That’s right; many incredible trees are native to Puerto ...

Small-growing evergreen trees, such as cherry laurel (Prunus caroliniana), Little Gem magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora "Little Gem") and Savannah holly (Ilex x attenuata "Savannah"), can be very ...

Maple Maple (Acer) trees contain a tremendous number of species—about 125, although five are much more common in North America than the rest. The majority of maples are known for their simple ...

While the American Holly (Ilex opaca) tree can grow up to 60 feet tall, it can also be pruned and kept to about 25 feet in height. This variety of holly is native to North America and can be ...

The willow hybrid tree (Salix x matsudana x alba) can grow up to 6 feet annually, reaching roughly 45 feet at maturity when planted in rows. In just two years, you can have a hardy hedge to conceal ...

‘Native trees’ (or indigenous trees) are considered to be those that arrived in Britain and Ireland through natural processes after the last Ice Age. Species introduced before 1500 are referred to as ...