Flowering ornamental trees bring color, wildlife, and shade to your yard. Dwarf trees make the best use of limited space. Let’s look at a few dwarf flowering trees you can add to your small yard.

Plant advice: Spare this ornamental specimen tree a spot in a partially shaded location. Even the tiniest of courtyards can accommodate the dwarf varieties of crabapple trees. On average, these ...

Your vegetables seem to have been infested with spider mites, which are sap-sucking pests that appear as small red dots. Use ...

When a shrub that is normally multi-stemmed and rounded/mounding in its growth habit is staked, pruned, and trained into a ...

You may be tempted to grow a fruit tree in your yard, but not all of them are desirable. Learn which ones to avoid and what ...

Potted Christmas trees consume more resources than cut Christmas trees, and may be difficult to accommodate, or even sustain ...

When considering how to prune a lemon tree, keep in mind that: “Pruning is generally not required to keep citrus productive ...

Dear Reader: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall ...

Tribune Happy New Year! My New Year’s wish is for nice, slow, soaking rainfalls to help our new plants establish and our established plants thrive. What’s your garden ...

Keep a garden journal, according to gardening experts. Consult your journal in the winter, so you can better plan for the ...

Although most banana plants grown indoors will be ornamental and won't produce fruit, the 'Lady Finger' variety is one of numerous indoor fruit trees you can harvest all year round ... Even the ...