Harriet Rix’s “The Genius of Trees” offers a new approach to trees, each chapter dealing with different ways trees shape the ...

You walk through a field of wheat, ryegrass, or clover and notice the sway of stems and leaves. What you cannot see is where most of the action happens. Beneath the soil surface, roots spread, compete ...

When roots encroach on your side of the property line, it's time to consult a certified arborist.

Generous rains in December and early January made for early blooming hillsides and canyons. Already, hoary-leaf Ceanothus ( Ceanothus crassifolius) is showing its ivory-white colored flowers, soon to ...

Beneath Fresno’s scorching landscape lies a hidden underground world of hand-carved rooms, gardens, and tunnels built from ...

Old water oaks (Quercus nigra) are prone to developing decay in their trunks as they age. Because of this, their life expectancy is generally considered to be about 60 years — they have the shortest ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about hyacinths, plants damaged by recent cold snap, Ti plants, bamboo, ...

The old adage is that “if it blooms in the late summer or fall, you dig and divide it in late winter or very early spring.” ...

Learn how to grow and care for Nelliet™ Holly, a distinctive cultivar with bright red berries, glossy evergreen foliage, and a dense pyramidal form that requires no pruning. Get to know the ideal ...

At a BYU devotional, Elder Steven D. Shumway, General Authority Seventy, shared insights from the allegory of the olive tree ...

Trees can provide much-needed shade, privacy, and beauty to any landscape. However, they can also significantly impact the ...

Winter is beautiful in its own pale ways, but when lush, leafy trees suddenly stand bare and stark against gray skies, an ...