While bold evergreens can add lovely blue-green shades to your yard, and many maples turn delightful colors in the fall, there's nothing quite like the burst of flowers from a flowering tree. If you ...

Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

Whether you plant one in your backyard garden or right out front of your home, a tree serves as the focal point of any beautiful, curated landscape. While many offer year-round interest, from the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

Most gardeners know the excitement that comes with seeing a tiny hummingbird zip in and out of the yard. While feeders are a fantastic way to bring more of these fast-flying creatures onto the ...

On Backyard Farmer we'll see some beautiful examples of spring flowering trees and more. On this week's Backyard Farmer we'll see some beautiful examples of spring flowering trees and hear about the ...

The street where I grew up in Connecticut was lined with Norway maple trees, mature enough to arch over the roadway, providing lovely shade. The outlier among them was the catalpa tree on our ...

* What it is: Redbuds are small, Pennsylvania-native flowering trees that grow slightly wider than tall and have heart-shaped leaves that turn yellow in fall. ‘Appalachian Red’ is one of the most ...