Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catalpas are irregularly shaped trees shrouded in deeply ridged, coarse gray bark. These quirky trees grow quickly and can easily ...

The dark foliage of conifer trees dominates much of our landscape. It gets to be a bit overwhelming at times, so I’m always glad when spring leaf-out brings fresh, bright greens of the deciduous tree ...

If there's one thing we all want from our garden, it's a bit of extra privacy, and where fencing fails, trees prevail. Screening your outdoor space with a blanket of dense foliage is a great way to ...

Once leaves have dropped in autumn, there is a great opportunity to examine the deciduous trees in your garden and determine if some pruning is needed. November through March is an ideal time to get ...

Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, with branches that spill out in a neat cascade from a narrow crown. While the majority of conifers are evergreen — retaining ...

Editor's note: This is part one of a 3-part series on deciduous trees and shrubs. It's this time of year that the true value of evergreens in an overall landscape plan becomes paramount. The beauty of ...