Many plants lose their leaves in fall and winter, but evergreen trees continue to add interest, color and texture to the garden. Despite the generic name, they are rarely just green. Some may even ...

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 ...

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, where did you come from? The family of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation has an idea — "you see kids this is what our forefathers did, walked down into the ...

We have always loved live Christmas trees, and the trend these days is that people are returning to bringing a live tree into their homes for Christmas. Fresh Christmas trees are just about on every ...

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 ...

Deciduous trees such as oak, popular, and maple add color, texture and height to our landscapes as well as adding color in the fall. Evergreens typically go un-noticed during fall, serving as the back ...

In the gray of winter, we’ll be grateful for the color of our evergreen trees and shrubs. “It’s cheery to see those touches ...

Family outings at Crossroads are special. When youngsters are along, it takes a little extra time to cover a trail, but we always survive and usually notice things that otherwise might have escaped us ...

COLORADO, USA — Trimming the damaged part of a tree partway down may be a better alternative to trimming it all the way off or replanting the whole thing. That's according to Debi Borden-Miller, ...

The bagworm is a common pest of many evergreen plants in the landscape. The host plants of the bagworm include junipers, arborvitae, cedar, spruce, and pine. If you don’t catch these small worms early ...