Happy New Year! Last year (for better and for worse) is in the past, and 2025 lies stretched before us just like an untouched ...

A: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 ...

Dear Reader: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall ...

Here are plants and flowers to enjoy, one for every month of the year, from lilacs, camellias and poinsettias to native ...

Q: Shade has been increasing in my backyard as the trees have grown ... near a people-area. Oklahoma redbud has attractive glossy, deep green leaves and rich burgundy red spring flowers.

When you hear the term “Tornado Alley” you probably think of places like Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. This is a loosely defined location based on tornado frequency from the early 1950s coined ...

Knowing the average growth rate of popular trees is great ... that a humble seed can quickly spring up into a huge pine! Evergreen and softwood, pine trees are some of the fastest growing trees.

Dear Neil: Shade has been increasing in my backyard as the trees have grown larger ... if it will be near a people-area.

Witch hazels are spectacular plants. When all else in the yard is dormant, these small trees or shrubs can transform an otherwise colorless winter landscape, producing a bounty of unusual, spider-like ...

Shade has been increasing in my backyard as the trees have grown larger. I’ve taken out more struggling St. Augustine as I’ve expanded shrub and groundcover beds. What ...