Some people like their gardens to be pretty, while others prefer a little privacy. And if you want both? This quick-growing ...

Lush growth on lawns, shrubs and trees testifies ample rainfall. If your walkways have crowded with new branches that swish as you pass by, or plants — like the rosemary in my garden — that usually ...

WHAT: The Mount Vernon variety of dwarf English laurel creates a dense, tidy evergreen mound, making it an ideal ground cover. WHY PLANT IT: Though it is a cousin of a larger, more aggressive English ...

WINTER on the West Coast is one of the best times of the year to do several seasonally relevant tasks in the garden including mulching, transplanting, liming the soil and, above all, pruning many ...