Every year, winter will strip the city bare, turning lively blocks into gray corridors and tiny gardens into forgotten corners. That’s exactly why evergreens matter so much in urban spaces, especially ...

Tall trees and shrubs can overshadow single story homes and make small yards feel crowded and overwhelming. However, there are plenty of small or dwarf plants that have all the beauty of their taller ...

Picking the perfect evergreen means balancing beauty, climate, and space. From towering blue spruces to compact dwarf olives, each tree has its own needs and quirks. Understanding growth habits, soil ...

I'll tell you a little secret if you promise not to laugh. Before I studied horticulture I didn't know the difference among evergreens, spruce, pines or conifers. Before you skip today's column ...

Garden centers typically display plants by their types – trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, and so on. Gardeners, on the other hand, aren’t always looking for particular plants or plant types.

The dwarf Alberta spruce is an evergreen conifer with a classic pyramidal Christmas tree shape. This spruce tree variety is related to trees that grow 100 feet or taller. The most popular landscape ...

One of the most interesting evergreens is the weeping blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Pendula'). This cultivar of the native Colorado blue spruce was a selected seedling grown in a tree nursery in the ...

A real Christmas tree fills a home with the scent of the forest. The branches, like the hope of the holidays, are ever green. Choosing a tree at the stand or the farm can become a tradition.