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 ...

There are places on this Earth where I have felt so close to heaven that I could almost touch it, hear it, see it. The Lake District in England, one early autumn day in 2013, was among them. I was ...

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 ...