The past several years have been marked by an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in the western United ...

This year, as every year, when the ground began to warm, I rushed to my seed box to begin planting pollinator-friendly plants ...

Sandy and Jim Parrill garden at Chaos, their acre of the Ozarks in Joplin. Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri master ...

Horace Burgess' giant treehouse in Crossville had hidden rooms, trapdoors, a combination basketball court-chapel and thousands of visitors.

Nothing lifts a garden’s mood quite like the burst of bright yellow blooms—even when the skies are gray. Yellow flowering ...

Most vines are fast growers and can quickly get out of hand. Whether the vine is one you planted or an unwanted plant, learn ...

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

They are some of the first trees to flower in the spring with white, pink or lavender blooms depending on the variety. They can reach a mature height of 25 feet, but that can take a while.

The airy flowers of a smoke tree create a unique effect when they bloom. (Dora Dalton) Smoke tree: With this tree, expect oval “purplish” foliage; some varieties will have leaves of a green so ...

Pink flowering trees create a focal point in the garden, ... The smoke tree is a deciduous shrub or small tree that boasts the most amazing display of wispy, fluffy flowers that resemble puffs of ...