Winter doesn’t mean your garden has to look bare and lifeless. While most plants hunker down for the cold season, certain ...

When you have a small yard, you might think trees are out of the question, but there are many smaller, fast-growing trees that will bring color, height, and texture to your outdoor space. One such ...

Like fluffy clouds at dawn, spring-flowering trees delight us with blossoms in billowing masses of sunrise colors. February and March are excellent months to add these and other types of trees to your ...

Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One great thing to love about beautiful blooming trees is the welcome shade they offer come summer. In ...

Each spring, as we move through the middle part of May and towards the last week, we experience delightful arboreal flower shows. Spring flora abounds this month and anyone looking at the forest floor ...

Flowering shrubs and small flowering trees serve important roles in the landscape. Not only do they bring color and aesthetic value to homes and gardens, but they also enhance soil stability, improve ...

Small flowering trees bloom in March and transform gardens with beautiful blooms — like deciduous magnolia. Japanese Cherry flowers bring beauty and grow well in sandy to clay soil in USDA zones 5 to ...

Trees began to tell us of the coming spring way back in early March. At that time, the pussy willows and quaking aspens began opening fuzzy buds in response to the longer days of late winter. By ...

Crabapples don’t have much of a following in the Northwest — yet. Extend the tree-blooming season with these varieties. We are blessed with an extended parade of flowering trees in the Northwest.