I truly believe that good landscaping and gardening should be compatible with the area – both visually and environmentally. This season, the emphasis is on plants that appear at home in our mountain ...

What: Spiny leaves — reminiscent of holly foliage — of blue to deep green adorn this stoloniferous shrublet. Mahonia repens, also known as creeping Oregon grape or creeping hollygrape, grows to about ...

The Garden Docs give advice on pruning butterfly bushes and picking Mahonia. Tom G. asks: I have a buddleia that is large and very woody. A few of the stems are large, making it more difficult to ...

Oregon grape (Mahonia repens) is a low, evergreen shrub of dry habitats in the forests and mountains of Colorado, up to 10,000 feet. Mahonia repens is a member of the Barberry family, a group known to ...

Q. With the likelihood that drought in California will continue, what can we substitute for lawns that require water? — Julie R., Paso Robles A. There are many types of native ground covers that are ...

Mature trees in many Front Range cities provide valuable shade but pose the dilemma of what to plant underneath. With proper plant selection, you can achieve color, texture, and interest in shady ...

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Most of my shrubs lose their leaves in winter. What are some good choices for plants to replace them? I have often wondered why so many deciduous shrubs are planted in our area when we have lots of ...

To garden successfully in Colorado without allowing the water bill to run amok has required that we accept our climate and its limitations and rethink our plant palette. In response, gardeners have ...