A shady yard can still bloom with style. These hardy plants thrive with little cleanup, adding quiet color and structure ...

Sitting under the wide canopy of a tree can cool you off on a hot summer day and even lower home-energy costs. If your landscape is treeless, the sooner a new tree grows a shady canopy, the better. A ...

Fast-growing trees can add character and color to your home's landscape relatively quickly, but those varieties often require full sun to add height so quickly. However, there are plenty of ...

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife shelter ...

The Lehighton Shade Tree Commission planted new trees Tuesday in Lehighton’s upper and lower parks. Judy Wingert, president, ...

Finding plants that can survive in shallow soil can be tricky, so we've rounded up 22 of them that don't mind the shade and ...

Cut summer heat and AC costs by planting shade trees like live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm and Mexican sycamore.

In 2010, Phoenix City Council approved an ambitious goal to plant enough trees to shade 25% of the city by 2030. Thirteen years later, city officials don't know how much progress they've made, if any.

In a city where summer heat outpaces shade, Pittsburg is taking steps to expand its urban tree canopy to ensure that every ...

A new Cornell University study offers clearer details on how much shade New York City trees provide. The researchers found that not all trees throw the same shade – even when they’re the same size.