Fall is the time to get your crepe myrtles ready for winter. Adding mulch and cutting back on watering and fertilizer can protect them in cold climates.

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

Plants are starting to see their fall colors early this season. So, plan accordingly and plant locally sourced, native shrubs ...

With hurricane season in the rearview mirror, there is no better time to start thinking about cleaning up yard debris. In the ...

Olives are one of the oldest cultivated trees in the world, with evidence that they’ve been grown for more than 7,000 years.

A few precautions now can help nurse the landscape through possible cold damage in the coming months. Despite a trend toward warmer winters, that doesn’t mean we’re immune from a super-cold spell or ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about being enamored with purple flowers and the feeling of calm their presence in the garden creates. I mentioned this was not by chance, since purple is an analogous color of ...

Scientists have identified a typical household and dry cleaning ingredient as a new risk factor for severe, potentially fatal liver damage. The compound tetrachloroethylene (PCE), commonly used in dry ...

Dairy Queen is celebrating the holiday season with the return of a fan-favorite Blizzard and two new sweet treats. The “holiday treat collection” is available for a limited time at participating ...

Scientists found a “slender” creature, “quick” to change its color, on a tree in India and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Bhupathi, Ray, Narayana, Karuthapandi, Jaiswal, Kar and ...