Palm Sunday is April 13 and palms have long been a symbol of sunny California. There are many different types of palms around ...

Discover the stylish ideas and clever tricks garden designers use to create privacy, so you can enjoy your outside space ...

Plant a few different varieties together ... In the first year, cut off the flowering buds. Clumps need to be divided every four to five years. We have enjoyed a dry period of late and the ...

Merchants Millpond State Park in Gatesville, North Carolina is that rare place where you feel like you’ve accidentally ...

Merchants Millpond State Park in Gatesville is that rare destination that makes you question whether you’ve somehow slipped through a crack in reality. And yet, despite spanning an impressive 3,520 ...

Native-plants champion Doug Tallamy urges everyone to make their yard or even patio more ecofriendly by planting plants that ...

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these ...

Deciduous trees and shrubs lose their leaves in the fall and can provide color, texture and interest to your yard. Evergreens keep their leaves or needles throughout the year and can act as windbreaks ...

Atami (Shizuoka Prefecture): Located about 1.5 hours from Tokyo, about 58 Atami-zakura trees bloom along a peaceful stream in late January to early February, about a month ahead of Japan’s standard ...