Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

December — and winter in general — in Louisiana is a fine time to plant in the landscape. Now is the time to add trees, shrubs and cool-season annual and perennial bedding plants. The key is to know ...

One of the most inspiring developments in landscape design today is the interest in supporting and growing native plants. While many traditional references in landscape design, like the gardens of ...

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Joellen Dimond discusses planning a landscape, and Carol Reese talks about problems plants. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape ...

The U.S. is a wildly diverse landscape. Consider how different the northern landscapes of Michigan and Minnesota are from the deserts of Texas and New Mexico, or the dense forests of the Northeast or ...

If your trees, shrubs, and evergreens seem to be the same size now as when the season started – or worse yet, are spindlier or deteriorated – a rescue venture might be on your 2025 gardening horizon.

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

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With native plants, you can get a vibrant landscape that lasts through a sizzling summer. Courtesy Dubberley Landscape Warm weather has us Texans flocking to our favorite plant nurseries in a humble ...

We have reached the point in summer when many of the plants in our landscape are at their best. Lots of green growth, bright flowers, and every type of insect and bird can be seen outside in your ...