After cutting down some problem trees on her property, Laura Miller realized just how vital shade trees are to keep things cool and save on air conditioning.

Mountain gordlinia 'Sweet Tea' is a unique hybrid that boasts large, white flowers with golden centers. The blooms emit an ...

Mexican plum is a tree you can plant in your yard if you want to attract birds and butterflies. As a bonus, this tree offers ...

If used for preserving or candying, the rhizomes should be dug while tender and succulent, rather than when old, tough and ...

Master gardener Sally Scalera shares the dirt on which fragrant plants are native, important because they attract and support ...

Trees provide essential structure while adding their own unique beauty to the landscape. Discover gorgeous flowering trees that are quick to establish and grow, lending the garden that lived-in appeal ...

A cat stuck in a Defiance tree for six days was finally rescued Friday.

Trees are made of wood, so it’s safe to assume that, to some extent, they are flammable—but some pose more of a fire safety issue than others. Fast-growing junipers and eucalyptus, for example ...

Its foliage is gray, and it makes a perfectly symmetrical six-inch mat that spreads to three feet, flowering in spring and fall. Fruit: Where fruit thinning is required, do it ruthlessly.

There are many flowering shrubs and trees either in bloom or just beginning to bloom right now around Southwest Florida. Several people have asked me about the pretty pink trees blooming in the ...

Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot Douglas fir in Oregon.