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 ...

'Tis the season to celebrate the evergreens in our lives as we prepare to give pride of place to the Christmas trees that represent everything bright and shiny about the holidays. Many ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're into growing miniature and dwarf conifers, or interested in beginning your own collection, a new addition to the Green Bay Botanical Garden should be a must-visit destination on your list of ...

ROD PARKE USED to grow 253 kinds of hybrid tea roses. When he tired of all the spraying, he moved on to filling his North Seattle garden with dahlias, and then rhododendrons. Turns out the rhodies ...

The garden rockery appears to be a thing of the past these days. In the 70's and early 80's it seemed that every suburban garden had an ill conceived pile of stones situated in a corner somewhere that ...

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 ...

Walk by President James Buchanan’s Wheatland, and next to it you’ll see a sweeping lawn populated with tall pines, wide maples and itty-bitty junipers. There’s a lot of different varieties of trees, ...