If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is landscaping worth the money?” the answer is an emphatic yes. Your landscape's trees and shrubs, as well as the entirety of your backyard landscaping, add beauty ...

The cool season from November through February is an excellent time to plant hardy trees, shrubs and ground covers in our area. That makes the next few weeks a great time for planning landscaping ...

By choosing the most appropriate species of birch and the right place to plant it in your landscape this autumn, you can ...

Good water management – not fertilizers, growth regulators or biological soil inoculants – is the most important “secret” to keeping landscape trees and shrubs healthy. For water management tools, ...

Chokecherry trees (Prunus virginiana) are small, hardy, and native to North America. An extremely cold-hardy, drought-tolerant tree, they provide valuable wildlife habitat and food while serving as ...

There are many plants to choose from when landscaping your home. But which will perform best? How and where should they be grown in your yard? Landscape plants can be chosen from your local nurseries ...

Traditional landscaping can mean high water bills, constant maintenance, and plant replacements. There's a smarter approach: ...

Why don’t more gardeners think of fruit plants simply as regular landscape plants? I suspect that a lot of folks just don’t think much about growing fruits, being satisfied with their lawn, shrubs, ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

Avid readers who garden (or gardeners who read) in California will probably have already encountered Bob Perry’s work. His Landscape Plants for Western Regions has become a must-have for serious ...

Bob Perry has written three books on landscaping in California. “Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes” (1980) and “Landscape Plants for Western Regions” (1992) are classics. The newly ...