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With so many different holly cultivars and holly look-alikes, at least one is bound to work in your garden. Here are 15 ...

Every year, winter will strip the city bare, turning lively blocks into gray corridors and tiny gardens into forgotten ...

When you have a small yard, you might think trees are out of the question, but there are many smaller, fast-growing trees that will bring color, height, and texture to your outdoor space. One such ...

Trees are a special part of our natural world, and bring color, joy, and sometimes fruit into our lives. Whether you want to grow your own fruit (hello, lemon trees) or create texture and shape in ...

When you have a smaller space and still want a shade tree, here’s a list of those that are best suited to our North Texas conditions.

The dinosaurs and I grew up when home lots were much larger. We thought nothing of planting live oaks and letting them spread as far as they wanted. Their 75-foot wingspans were no problem at all. But ...

In Louisiana, January tends to be a cool (this year frigid), wet (including snow last week) month, providing ideal conditions for planting trees. By April, things are already warming up here, and it’s ...

Courtesy of Graydon Myhre Rows of evergreen trees are lightly dusted with freshly fallen snow at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. This is where the Myhre family sells their ...

In a recently published paper, PhD student Ellen Waddle and her coauthors provide some clarity on a decades-old problem When researching what drives the growth of small populations, ecologists ...