By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

When the weather outside is frightful and nothing is blooming, gardeners must rely on plant features other than flowers for color.

Plants that produce colorful berries can enhance the winter landscape. Mississippi gardeners are lucky because we have some real beauties to help shake up the winter landscape.

Pyracantha is a popular landscape plant that seems to drip with large numbers of orange to red berries hanging in heavy clusters.

By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

The weather outside may be frightful, but gardeners who want early spring color get out in it to plant spring-flowering bulbs.

Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocus are among the first plants to give us colorful signs that winter is almost over.

By Gary R. Bachman

MSU Horticulturist
Coastal Research & Extension Center

We’ve all seen garden gnomes in other people’s yards -- the creatures of woodland legend that represent the spirit of the earth. Maybe it’s time you put one in your own garden.

Gnome is a derivation of the Greek word for “earth dweller.” Garden gnomes were first used in German gardens in the mid-1800s.