Small ornamental trees are terrifically useful, offering beauty, structure, and seasonal interest without overwhelming smaller residential spaces. While they are perfectly suited to compact gardens ...

Nurseries and garden centers are seeing increased new interest in small ornamental trees – especially native varieties of them. Christopher Uhland, owner of Chester County’s Harmony Hill Nursery and a ...

Manicured suburban lawns might look neat, but they don’t do much for local birds. They offer little food or shelter, so ...

* What it is: Carolina silverbells are mid-sized flowering trees that are native to the southeastern U.S. They’re usually found growing as under-story trees in nature. Silverbells are at their best in ...

Trees add immense value to the landscape, both aesthetically and economically. They provide the foundation around which we build our gardens and give homes a more established, live-in appearance. Get ...

Chilopsis linearis, the desert willow or desert catalpa, is prized in dry gardens for its showy, fragrant blossoms which cover the tree in summer. When many native bloomers are past their spring glory ...

After years of working as a professional gardener in very different climates, from the warmth of Tuscany to the wet hills of South Wales, I’ve come to really value the plants, shrubs and trees that ...

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife shelter ...

Whether you’re gardening within the confines of a small landscape or your yard requires height and mass, consider selecting a native plant or tree for your next project. “Because native plants are ...

Replacing lawn with native plant gardens is one way to cut down on all that mowing, fertilizing and watering. Plus, it comes with another benefit that master gardener Paula Diaz in the Kansas City ...