I need help in identifying a shrub that has popped up in my garden.

I have a shrub growing in my yard, planted there or maybe left there by previous owner. It's bark is unusual for it's wing like. The main stems themself are more oval than round, with the wing like protrusions 180 degrees from each other. The plant has small leaves, and no fruit or flowers that I...

One spot in my shrub or bush keeps dying. Three years in a row I've trimmed off the dead in this particular spot. The rest of the bush grows normally, but this spot doesn't grow back, just spreads. All the other bushes are fine. Does anyone know why this particular spot is doing this? Is there...

I am a senior, retired, industrious and love to garden. Last week, I drove part of the Ontario countryside with a shovel looking for shrubs in the ditch to fence portion of a township roadway. I dug 4 shrubs. On my return trip home, I drove into a well travelled trail, got out of the car,...

I recently had a large juniper shrub removed from my front lawn and am constructing a three terrace planter to cover the spot. How much new soil should be laid down and how much of the soil that the juniper was in should be removed? Can or should this "old soil" be treated if not removed prior to...