Every garden is a thing of beauty in the growing seasons — spring bulbs, summer flowers and fall foliage all carry on with extravagance. But winter is coming, so the colorful garden superstars will ...

Well known as one of the best trees for a Japanese garden, acers are prized for their fall color, especially this one whose ...

Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

Many of nature's treasures have been buried by recent snow. Yet trees offer opportunities for exploration regardless of snow depth or season. Tree bark has many functions, and upon close examination ...

The bonus of a four-season yard is that the trees and shrubs, in particular, provide food and shelter for the birds, ...

He taught us to recognize the diamond pattern on hickory bark and reminded us to check whether branches were opposite or ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

The snow that blanketed central Ohio the past several weeks allowed me to evaluate the plants in my home landscape from a different perspective. The blanket of white made me realize that I do not have ...