If the soil in your yard isn't ideal, there's no need to worry as there are plants you can grow, such as this evergreen tree, ...

Pine trees are often the first things that come to mind when thinking about evergreen plants to add to the landscape for screening, windbreaks and winter interest. There are many other options, though ...

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 about ...

Taxus, commonly known as yew, stands as perhaps the most versatile evergreen for formal garden structures. Its dense, dark ...

According to botanist John Thomas Howell’s “Marin Flora,” five pine species grow in Marin. Bishop pine, Monterey pine, knobcone pine, Torrey pine and Coulter pine can be distinguished from each other ...

If you are inclined to prune your pine trees, now is the perfect time to do so. Most people don’t prune mature pine trees, but many prune mugho pines, which are more of a shrub. Pruning these keeps ...