Gardening: Gardening: Less is better when it comes to fall garden bed cleanup Here are six tips on how you can help the trees and shrubs in your landscape avoid dead branches, chewed bark ...

As spring arrives, our local nurseries and garden centers will be filling up, especially with the plants, trees, and shrubs ... is the best fit for your landscape. While it’s true that you ...

Although it can be tempting to just plant for the growing season that you’re experiencing at the time you want to landscape your trees, remember that a garden is a year-round experience.

That rings true in autumn in Greater Columbus as September and October can be the best time of the year to plant trees and shrubs in the home landscape. To help you learn everything you need to ...

Purdue Landscape Report: April showers bring May Flowers. Many of us were taught this little rhyme to describe the weather of Spring. April has arrived along with the beginning of the Spring storm ...

Fall is also a good time. As you plant landscape trees and put the finishing touches of mulch around the tree, a Purdue expert cautions against overdoing the mulch. Before rushing headlong into a tree ...

Unlike container gardens on the pool deck, the landscape from pool deck to the fence is more permanent. These are the trees, shrubs and perennials that create privacy, block strong winds ...

Black cherry trees (Prunus serotina) are a great addition to any landscape, with their dark, shiny leaves and white blossoms ...

6. CREATING PRIVACY: When creating privacy in the landscape, small evergreen trees can be used to screen an outdoor living area from the neighbors’ view. Evergreen trees are also very useful ...

Here's what you should know. Callery pear trees (Pyrus calleryana) were introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture as ornamental landscape trees in the mid-1960s, USA TODAY reports.