Boxwood has been a popular evergreen plant for hedging or topiary for centuries. However, more people are seeking boxwood ...

Settling a sapling in to the ground in February and March gives a young tree a chance to settle in before the sap begins to ...

Robins — by the hundreds — poured into downtown Erwin last week. Most of them ended up on perches around the parking lot ...

Robins – by the hundreds – poured into downtown Erwin last week. Most of them ended up on perches around the parking lot ...

Vitexes: These small trees put on a stunning display of purple flower spikes each May and June. A second flush sometimes ...

My blue star fern sits on an old schoolhouse desk beside my couch. I guess I have had it for three or four years now. It is ...

Q: Our yaupon holly has been yellowing for the past year or more. Nearby ligustrums and Texas mountain laurels help make this a green fence, but I’m trying to eliminate the yellowing. Adding iron ...

Dear Neil: Our yaupon holly has been yellowing for the past year ... It has to do with how completely a given tree forms the abscission layer in its leaves. The big difference, admittedly, is ...

I have never experienced discontentment in winter. I keep myself active in my little urban orchard by choosing fruiting trees and vines I can get in the ground now for future harvest. Early to ...

Neighbours' Holly Hoyland is left horrified next week as she realises that Yaz Shields wanted to kill her. Holly's self-confidence takes a major knock when she finds out that yet another villain ...