Garden: How to grow microgreens in your home While it is too late to add many of these plants to your frozen landscape for this winter, now is the perfect time to plan for your first plant ...

Deciduous and coniferous trees vary in many more ways than only leaf types. Learn these differences and you'll know which trees to choose for your landscape.

Deciduous trees include oaks, maples, birches and willows, and any other tree you see losing leaves during autumn. Losing leaves allows the tree to spend less energy in the winter.

There’s on-going evidence of damage across the Midwest from the late/long fall and extreme cold that was experienced in mid-late December. We’ve observed some perennial evergreens, i.e., American ...

With its 'trembling' green leaves (its Latin name is Populus tremuloides) quaking aspen is stunning as a landscape tree if you have plenty of space. It's a highly resilient variety too, and will ...

Depth of utility lines can change over time with erosion, storms, floods, soil condition, heaving in winter from frost, and changes to landscaping. •What you don’t know can hurt you.

As you looked out the windows of your house this winter at all the dormant and barren deciduous trees in your landscape, perhaps you thought that a little green would be a nice addition this year. But ...

On Friday, Sept. 6 at 3 p.m., a workshop on fall tree planting and care will be held, and on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 4 p.m., a workshop on the topic of economic, environmental and health benefits of ...

American beech (tree) and serviceberry (shrub) each have smooth gray bark that easily contrasts with snow. If you haven’t experimented with ornamental grasses, leaving these grasses through the winter ...

Priority watering starts with the most expensive and not easily replaced plants in any landscape: trees (both deciduous and evergreen). Follow that by paying attention to shrubs, perennials and ...