Did you know you can screen your backyard from prying eyes using shrubs and even trees? It's a bonus if you grow a living ...

So, you want to grow an avocado tree from seed? It’s not only a fun off-season activity, especially for kids, but it’s also very easy. Just know that since avocados are tropical plants, they won’t ...

With edible fruit, scented blossoms, and a capacity to attract birds and butterflies, this tree is a great option if you also ...

Ever been curious about what would happen if you saved the seeds from that apple, peach or even orange you had for lunch? You might discover a fruit that's never existed before! Let me start off this ...

These trees feature feathery foliage in a range of colors, and dwarf or semi-dwarf cultivars stay well under 10 feet tall, ...

Purdue Landscape Report: When I was a kid, if you’d asked me what my favorite season was it would always immediately be summer. No school, time for playing outdoors, swimming, hiking, and late nights ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Gardening advice for Central Floridians from an urban horticulturist emeritus with the University of Florida Cooperative ...

Want to do something good for the Earth? Plant a tree. This common belief, once an inspiration for Earth Day T-shirts, now forms the basis of a booming global industry. As countries try to meet their ...

Inspired by a poem, the author initially received black walnuts but did not plant them. A trip to a Vermont farm with towering black walnut trees renewed his interest in planting them. Motivated by a ...