We buy live Christmas trees with the best of intentions, excited about the possibilities of decorating our living rooms for the holidays and our gardens for evermore. Sometimes, that's just the ...

Did you see the full moon setting on Thursday morning? Wow! It was a cool, frosty morning. The moon was hovering over the horizon, viewed between bare branches. A huge peach-colored orb, it vividly ...

COULD DWARF conifers be the ideal low-maintenance plant? They grow very slowly, have great texture and seasonal color, and need only light occasional pruning to open them up a bit. Give these cute ...

I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree especially those from Dave Leck-ey With all apologies to Joyce Kilmer and/or her sister, Val. Although I might be just a little confused on ...

The trees surrounding Wheatland tower overhead, yet in one corner, the plants can be crushed by the tiniest feet. Here, in the dwarf conifer garden, a circle of twigs surrounds a 5-inch tall ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pat Hayward deals with plants — and more precisely, plant questions — all day as executive director of Plant Select. And then she comes home to a garden in ...

If the leaves on your apple tree develop brown spots and fall off early, and the apples are covered with corky-looking bumps, your tree is inflicted with a fungus disease known as apple scab. The ...

Q: In December, I passed a rhododendron in full bloom. Is that normal? A: There are a few rhododendron varieties that bloom in the heart of winter. You probably saw R. ‘Rosamundi’ or R. ‘Christmas ...