Arborvitae plants are members of the cypress family. The term comes from modern Latin and simply means "tree of life." There ...

Q: I need to prune an arborvitae hedge because it is too tall. I’d like to remove 3 or 4 feet off the top of these shrubs.

StudyFinds has taken the guesswork out of the process and created a list of the best privacy shrubs from expert ...

The boxwood is a densely growing evergreen shrub ideal for borders and hedging, and it can grow up to 20 feet tall. While somewhat similar in appearance to the arborvitae, the boxwood lives longer ...

Reviewing the wild world of evergreens can help gardeners and homeowners care for and maintain their landscapes.

Avoid severely pruning junipers, arborvitae, and other narrow-leaf evergreens as it may cause them to die. In the heat of summer, it’s sometimes hard to recall what our shrubs looked like after ...

A garden filled with "oddball" plants will be part of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's Omaha Garden Walk in September.

We are approaching the most important period of time for getting big growth on our trees and shrubs. The growth won’t come ...

I had a very unpleasant surprise in late July. The leaves on my beautiful flowering crabapple (Malus Sargentii ‘Sargent Tina’ ...

Borough lot entrance: Council approved installing a new split-rail fence at the entrance to the borough lot at 800 Main St.