Spring is home renovation season, and no area of a home is off limits. That includes home exteriors, particularly in regard to landscaping.

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

A yard full of soaring, healthy trees is a dream for many homeowners, but picking the wrong species can lead to clogs, leaks, ...

A tree by itself has numerous benefits. It adds beauty, creates shade, and provides food and shelter for wildlife, to name a few. But with the right landscaping, you can make trees shine even more in ...

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is landscaping worth the money?” the answer is an emphatic yes. Your landscape's trees and shrubs, as well as the entirety of your backyard landscaping, add beauty ...

As winter begins to ebb in a few weeks, people will be thinking about landscape issues again. An unfortunate question I am sometimes asked is similar to this: “I lost my prized shade tree! What can I ...

Landscape trees produced in container nursery systems are replanted one to two times into larger containers, a practice known as "up-canning." Problems can arise when trees are planted either too deep ...

However, plants native to the tropics can suffer even when nighttime lows dip into the 40s. The bulk of plants in ...

Once promoted by the government as the perfect ornamental landscape tree, Bradford pears are now seen as a dangerous scourge ...

Trees are so much more than how they look or how big they get,” owner and co-founder Jonathan Claasen said. “Every species ...