The word “bonsai” refers to the ancient Japanese art form of growing miniature, ornamentally shaped trees or shrubs in small pots or trays. A bonsai ornamental tree or shrub grown in a pot and ...

Growing up to 80 feet tall, this flowering tree sprouts 5- to 10 ... Gardeners who prefer small magnolia trees or at least smaller magnolia tree leaves should try the relatively Lilliputian ...

Verdict: If you just want an ornamental tree, this is the cheapest option. Treat it like a large cut flower and don’t forget to recycle it. These are the most expensive option and have spent their ...

Some gardeners will add short ornamental grasses as tufts of vegetation around rock gardens, koi ponds, and small garden paths ... grass for planting under oak trees, where many plants struggle ...

A number of my favorite trees are listed as invasive. Fernleaf acacia (Acacia baileyana) is a wonderful small tree with bipinnate blue-grey leaves and fragrant yellow spherical flower puffs.

Planting plenty of berrying plants is a good way to support birds. They relish berries, stripping many by the new year – ...

Today flowering plant species outnumber by twenty to one those of ferns and cone-bearing trees, or conifers ... Often described as a "living fossil," this small woody plant grows only on New ...

Experts share when to plant spring bulbs as well as autumn planting tips for a stunning floral show come springtime.

The rule of thumb for spring-flowering bulbs is to plant them twice the depth of the bulb, and you’re best to space snowdrops ...

Rain is falling across the coffee growing regions of top producer Brazil after one of the driest periods on record, but it ...

With trepidation, I got out of my car and started down the steep decline. It was well after sundown, and although there were ...

A group of Operation PRIDE workers, State Farm representatives and Warren County Stormwater volunteers handed out around 150 free flowering trees, including Cherokee Brave Dogwoods, White ...