From flowers to grasses, these companion plants can help fruit trees flourish by improving soil, deterring pests, and more.

Bugs like mites, aphids, or even pine beetles can wreak havoc on your trees and shrubs, causing the needles to brown. There's ...

Overall, only 2.1% of the pine trees' rings and 1.3% of the juniper shrubs' rings were blue; the cells which hadn't lignified ...

Example of conifer trees include pine, fir, spruce and cedar. Some shrubs which are conifers include juniper, arborvitae and others. Garden: Flowering plants that thrive in full sun and high heat ...

You might not consider that lawns profit from mulching, but unless you use a leaf catcher each time, you are mulching your ...

If you want to grow groundcovers under pine trees, good plant selection is critical. Make sure to select plants that have the best chance of thriving. Specifically, look for plants that can handle ...

Buchwal's team analyzed samples from 25 Scots pine trees and 54 juniper shrubs, staining and photographing their growth rings under a microscope.

Zeleznik points out that trees that hold their leaves into winter have been most affected, and ironwood and Ponderosa pines in his own yard are still bent from the extra weight of ice and snow ...

Trees with peeling, papery bark, like river birch, are generally more flammable than those without. And fine-needled evergreen shrubs and trees, like cedar, cypress, fir, juniper, pine, and spruce ...

Homeowners with pollen allergies can still cultivate a beautiful garden by making pollen-conscious plant choices. Trees that rely on wind for pollination, such as oak and pine, produce ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners ...

Ancient whitebark pine trees emerging from 5000-year-old ice patch in the Beartooth Mountains of Wyoming (photo credit: Daniel Stahle) Yellowstone Ice Patches Melting ...