Spicebush is a native shrub whose edible fruits, leaves, twigs, and buds have a pleasant spicy smell and taste when crushed or eaten.

Wild mock oranges are prized for their beautiful fragrant white flowers, which are reminiscent of orange blossoms, and adored by bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies.

High pollen counts, combined with hot weather and lack of rain can spell misery for allergy sufferers, including those who enjoy gardening.

The leaves of the New Jersey tea, a shrub native to the eastern US, were used as a substitute for tea—albeit without the caffeine--during the American Revolutionary War.

If you're one of the unlucky few that planted a flowering shrub or two in the fall and waited with baited breath for flowers to appear in the next growing season--only to be disappointed when there were no flowers, you're probably wondering what happened.