Garden Mastery: ‘Wow, what is THAT tree?’

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 ...
Chicago Tribune

Trees can be surrounded by flowers, mulch in your garden — but not raised planters. Here’s why.

Would you like to dress up your tree with a garden around it? That’s fine — as long as it consists of compatible plants in the ground, and is not a raised planter. Raised planters are a common sight ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Trees, shrubs and flowers that bloom in October

Summer has faded and gone. Autumn’s bright foliage does compensate, somewhat, for the dearth of flowers, but a few of my trees and shrubs (and several perennials) bloom in October, and I treasure them ...