This swift-growing plant can help to add interest and create privacy in any yard, perfect for gardeners seeking quick results ...

Even though your plants and trees are well past the growing season, making sure they're hydrated (especially after a dry mid-to-late summer) will help next spring.

If your landscape plants have been sitting and "sulking," the cause might be one of two underlying problems that require a ...

I moved to Highland Park this summer and have seen deer wandering the neighborhood. Are there any steps I need to take this fall to protect my garden? — Andrew Wilson, Highland Park The larger the ...

If you want to keep prying eyes out, but don’t want to—or can’t—install a fence, surround your property with these best trees ...

The following trees and shrubs are available for the 2025 planting season: Eastern Arborvitae, Fraser Fir, White Pine and White Spruce.

When watering trees, instead of applying water only to the base of the trunk, be sure to extend the watering out beyond the ...

Bagworms will feed on and build bags on many different evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, but they seem to prefer arborvitae if they are available in the landscape. Female caterpillars ...

some junipers and Arborvitae; and broadleaf evergreens such as boxwood, euonymus, English ivy and holly. If plants go into winter drought-stressed or we have warm, windy winter days with little ...