Growing your own fruits and vegetables can bring you a sense of pride and peace of mind in knowing exactly where your produce originates. Fruit trees in particular add to the landscape of your home ...

It’s okay to plant hardy perennials and shrubs 4–6 weeks before the ground freezes. Don't plant if the first expected fall ...

Improve the biodiversity of your yard, provide shade, and help protect against erosion—all in a smaller space than you think you need. If you’re thinking of adding a tree to your landscape, whether ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

Plant the tree and backfill with the excavated soil, then top with 1 to 2 inches of compost. Tamp the ground to remove air ...

An apple a day keeps the doctor away - so why not grow a whole bunch of them? Here's everything you need to know before you ...

Trumpet vine is a high-climbing, aggressively colonizing, woody vine that is cultivated for its attractive reddish-orange flowers that attract hummingbirds.

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 ...

You may wonder if it is a good time to plant a new tree in your yard or not and the answer is “yes.” Fall is a good time to plant trees in your yard because we have cooler temps, weather conditions ...

When I lived in New York City, the view from my kitchen window was framed by a tremendous scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) who towered over the brick homes below — a 150-year-old remnant from before the ...

I know “fall is for planting,” or at least supposed to be, but can you plant trees in the summer? This is a question I get all season long — and, I might add, every summer as well. Since you live in ...

Urban green spaces should be better managed to provide places too cool off for the most underserved communities.