A landscape needs “bones” — plants that anchor the overall look throughout the year, not just during the growing season in spring and summer. Evergreens typically form the “bones” of a good landscape ...

Conifers—thanks to their striking silhouettes, noteworthy growth habits, remarkable evergreen textures and variety of hues—are “gotta-have-it” landscape additions for today’s gardeners. Thankfully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deciduous and coniferous trees line a pathway. - FotoCrafte/Shutterstock In elementary school, most of us learned the basic ...

All four could serve as an anchoring conifer in a landscape, could easily take center stage or be interspersed throughout the landscape. Mountain hemlock and Abies koreana are slow growers, and ...

If we were to play the word association game and I said, “conifer,” you might immediately respond with “Christmas tree.” I must admit that the Rockefeller Center tree at this time of year is ...

CHICO — Chico Horticultural Society will meet Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the Chico library, East First and Sherman avenues. There will be refreshments served at 9:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 10 o ...

In lieu of broadleaf deciduous trees that release their autumn glory only to reveal barren branches, Sara Malone has opted for a host of conifers that never stand stark in the winter landscape but ...

Your first thought of shrubs for your home is probably the staples like hollies or ligustrums and showy bloomers like azaleas, rhododendrons or camellias. Those are great choices, but also consider ...

The weather forecast has several days with morning lows in the 60s, which is a cause for celebration. We can look for those long-lost fleece vests and, even better, it gives horticulturists like The ...