In past articles, I have discussed selecting plants based upon the characteristics of your landscape, garden and flower bed. Today we’re going to discuss native and perennial plants. People often ...

This story was first published during last February's deep freeze in Texas. We have updated it and are bringing it back for you for this month's freeze, one year later. After record freezing ...

One of the more significant landscaping developments these days is the trend toward designing with native plants. But, what are native plants? Non-natives? Invasives? How do these differ? What are the ...

NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Pampas grass and its many cousins are such a mainstay in the north Texas landscape it is difficult to drive anywhere in the Metroplex and not see them on a regular basis.

A rock pathway directs water from the gutter on this home to the native plants in a garden designed by landscaper Carrie Dubberley. Carrie Dubberley Taylor Kirkland loves his creek-side property in ...

As I walked into a doctor’s appointment the other day I made mental note of the plants in their landscape. It was a commercial landscape that you might otherwise have thought was reasonably attractive ...

If you’ve ever admired someone’s perennial garden and wished for one in your own landscape, it really could happen. All it ...

If I could only have five plants for color in my North Texas landscape in summer, these are the ones I’d choose out of the long list of applicants. Mind you I’d be leaving a lot of fine plants in line ...

If you’ve been spending extra time at home and thinking your yard could use some work, you’re not alone. Dallas-based landscape architect David Hocker says the coronavirus pandemic has led to a huge ...

West Texas is a challenging environment to grow vegetables and landscape plants in. Plants must be able to handle a lot of heat but also cold spells, as well as drought, alkaline clay soil, etc. To be ...

It’s a question as old as the hobby of gardening. “How far back can I trim my plant?” We ask it because we failed to read the descriptions while we were shopping at the nurseries. We got home with ...