I often wonder what our parkways would look like in winter if the crape myrtles planted there possessed colorful bark.

I am constantly on the lookout for the best plants for a courtyard garden as I have a small courtyard garden myself. It's a ...

Before choosing a small tree for your yard, consider your USDA hardiness zone, the type of soil on your property, and the ...

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

A: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide. It has small, rounded blue-green leaves all summer. In late ...

The following is a list of landscape plants rated according to their resistance to deer damage. The list was compiled with input from nursery and landscape professionals, Rutgers New Jersey ...

Augustine and now to ground covers and shrubs. My “go-to” ground covers are regular mondo grass (dwarf mondo is way ... have a really nice (but compact) garden, and I’d love to have ...

A biologist explains what to focus on if you’re designing a garden with pollinators in mind − and what you don’t need to ...

Plant two seeds in each 3-inch pot or several seeds 2 inches apart in a long rectangular container. Once the seedlings reach ...

Q: What are some medium-sized groundcovers that look good in the landscape and are easy to take care of?

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 ...

By Karolyn Gephart It is that time of year to make New Year’s Resolutions as each of us tries to plan the perfect way to have ...