Trees and shrubs add beauty and value to a home’s landscape. But as few as 50% of planted trees do not survive beyond one or ...

Top-dressing flower beds with gravel mulch is becoming increasingly popular for several reasons. It pairs nicely with alpine ...

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Boxelder trees are native to Colorado and many other states. They are fast growers, rounded to irregular shaped, growing up ...

These hardy plants that grow in the Himalayas are used to inhospitable conditions, but they still need cold weather care to ...

What a great time of year! East Texas is finally feeling a little relief from the hot weather and Texas gardeners are looking ...

Native oak leaves are an excellent base for compost, containing nutrients created by the tree and inoculated with ...

Beautyberry (Callicarpa) is a spectacular shrub hiding in plain sight during the spring and summer months. It’s a nice ...

When a dog is a member of your family, morning walks are part of life. Our most frequent destination is the trail in the ...

Our modern lives often make us feel disconnected from nature, but even if we don’t think we notice, evolution has ensured ...

The air has already started to turn crisp, and before we know it those brightly colored leaves will begin ... and disposing of them — because of the natural benefits they provide to our ...

Many people like the idea of a tidy lawn and quickly landscape once trees have dropped their brightly colored leaves or ...