French Quarter this holiday season for Christmas decorations infused with the spirit of Mardi Gras. Port Orleans – French ...

with deep purple leaves turning a fluorescent pinkish-red in October and November - quite a spectacle to behold. Japanese maples have long been grown as bonsai trees, chosen not only for their ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...

Water trees, shrubs, lawns, and perennials during prolonged dry fall and winter periods to prevent root damage.

While creeping thyme makes an attractive ground cover plant, it is not the right plant for covering the soil beneath a shade ...

Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...

A stunning coleus, no doubt planted for its chartreuse-edged maroon leaves, is now punctuated by gangly 2 1/2-foot-tall ...

IT’S that tricky time in our gardens when all the perennials are disappearing and we’re waiting for the bulbs to come. But to ...

As climate change makes South Texas' summers hotter and winters more likely to bring freezes, homeowners may want to reconsider their landscaping plants.

followed by edible purple-black berries in summer. Plant it in full sun to part shade in zones 4-9. Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a single or multi-trunked tree with white or pink spring ...

Her latest conservation target is a flowering tree that’s fighting a losing battle in the wild: the Gardenia brighamii, or, as it’s known among some local communities, the na’u. The na’u ...