As you looked out the windows of your house this winter at all the dormant and barren deciduous trees in your landscape, perhaps you thought that a little green would be a nice addition this year. But ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

If you have a pine shrub or tree in your yard, spring is the time to control its growth. Keeping a pine in check is not a simple matter of pruning branches. “Pines aren’t like other evergreens,” said ...

When pine needles fall all over your lawn in the autumn, you don't have to haul them away. Here are some surprising uses for ...

Evergreens capture our attention this time of year. Whether we're selecting a Christmas tree, gathering branches for a wreath, taking a walk or just looking out the window, their welcome green rises ...

Do you want your live tabletop Christmas tree to be more evergreen than seasonal? A plant expert shares what to buy, and how to care for it. My affection for tiny Christmas trees means I keep them lit ...

Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet? We haven’t, but that’s no surprise. We usually don’t get our tree taken down in a timely fashion. Our family record is the middle of March. Then again, we ...

The scent of pine is one of the hallmarks of this happy time of the year. Perhaps that’s what inspires so many homeowners to plant pine trees in their yards. “Unfortunately, many of them don’t do very ...

PINE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) --Evergreens are dying at rates the DNR calls alarming. Last week the focus was on the epidemic in western Wisconsin but on Thursday, WCCO talked with a couple who've already ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - Evergreen trees in western Wisconsin - the Hudson area specifically - are dying. And forestry specialists still aren't sure why it's so centralized. In Minneapolis' Theodore Wirth ...

The fragrance of fresh-cut evergreens in December reminds me of the Christmas trees we had as a kid, purchased by Dad from the corner Texaco station that sold fresh firs. The trees weren’t always ...