Fast-growing flowering trees add beauty to your landscape, rewarding you with lovely blooms and towering stature in just a few years. Slower-growing flowering trees can add character to your garden, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purple flowers growing under the shade of trees - Jiojio/Getty Images Just because you have a shady garden or backyard doesn't ...

As winter begins to ebb in a few weeks, people will be thinking about landscape issues again. An unfortunate question I am sometimes asked is similar to this: “I lost my prized shade tree! What can I ...

Fruit trees aren't just for fresh, homegrown harvests—many varieties also provide plenty of shade, creating a cooler ...

a gardener waters a young fruit tree - Zbynek Pospisil/Getty Images Fruit trees are among the most beneficial plants you can have in your yard. Not only do they provide you with fresh, organic food, ...

These beauties basically thrive on neglect.

We usually don’t get respites from summer’s heat until late September, perhaps even October. We got lucky this year, but other summers won’t be so forgiving. So let’s not forget how important good ...

Lots of reasons spur the planting of new trees, including shade, beauty, bird and pollinator benefits, and trees’ ability to produce oxygen while storing carbon to counteract harmful climate change.

Does your landscape need a shade tree, or do you like some of the decorative small trees? Now is a good time to plant them. If you planted your tomatoes in the garden without covering them to protect ...

Purdue Landscape Report: An unfortunate question I am sometimes asked is similar to this: “I lost my prized shade tree! What can I plant that will grow fast and give me shade?” While there is no ...