Trees with vibrant spring blossoms are often at the top of gardeners’ and landscapers’ planting lists. Their popularity is likely due to the attention the flowers attract this time of year, the ...

Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

There's nothing quite as spectacular as cherry blossom trees in full bloom in spring. These flowering trees will bring romance to your yard as they light up the landscape with their delicate pink ...

"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 ...

I love the many small, flowering trees that help brighten our landscapes from February to April. Blooming now is one of the more beautiful of our early spring-flowering trees, the Japanese magnolia or ...

When it comes to fresh spring flowers, the general consensus has been that Trader Joe’s is a go-to for thriving and affordable blooms. Like the comeback of its beloved peonies, which have been blowing ...

As I am writing this column, spring arrived yesterday. I delight in all of the early signs of spring. Our redbud tree on the slope is beautiful with all of its branches covered with lovely, ...

People are complicated. The same species that brought you Thomas Kinkade also made Wassily Kandinsky world-famous. You're listening to John Coltrane while your neighbor is cranking ... what is that, ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. Though some of the 80 known ...

You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover three fruit-producing plants and six native plants to add to your garden this ...