Bonsai-trained evergreen species of trees and shrubs are yet another example of the magical ways in which artfully pruned plants can enliven even the tiniest of city gardens in winter, using hardy ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As summer drains away and autumn brings cooler temperatures and snow to the mountains, Central Oregonians might find comfort in our wealth of evergreen trees. But how much do we know about these ...