How to choose trees and shrubs for Year Round Interest
Spring flowers are easy. Summer shade is ideal. Fall color is a piece of cake. What about winter? Why do we settle for cold, dead landscapes when we can have color and warmth? Shed your old ways of thinking and imagine what your landscape could ... [... more]
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How to Use Trees in Your Landscape
No matter what month of the year, trees can offer beauty, comfort and value to your home. But before jumping in and planting a tree you like (and might later regret) you might want to consider doing some planning and research first. Here are some ... [... more]
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How to Get Rid of Tent Caterpillars
There are three equally annoying varieties of tent worms; Forest Tent, Eastern Tent and Gypsy Moth. Tent worms can cause major defoliation of deciduous trees (those that lose their leaves each fall), depending on the severity of outbreak. You ... [... more]
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How to Receive Ten Flowering Trees for $10.00
If your' re a new home owner you will concur that landscaping is not only challenging but costly also. Just one flowering tree could set you back $35.00 to $135.00, depending on size and the quality of the tree. Can you imagine the costs of 10 ... [... more]
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Native Plants in Landscaping: Trees, Shrubs, Cacti, and ...
 The only book on ornamental plants dedicated to the remarkably cold-hardy and arid-adapted native species of Trans-Pecos Texas. The potential of these trees, shrubs, succulents, cacti, and grasses for use in the landscape, both within and beyond the [... more]
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How to Care for a Live Christmas Tree
Instead of buying a cut Christmas Tree, consider buying a potted Christmas Tree that you can plant after the season is over. Here are some tips on how to take care of your live Christmas Tree. Leave your tree outside as long as possible before ... [... more]
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How to Feng Shui: To Rake or Not To Rake
It's almost here! It's almost time! Can you hear it? Shhh. Listen. Huh? Crunch. Crunch? Yes! That's it! Old, dried-up, fallen leaves. Look down and see last springs sprouting miracles curly and dry under your feet. Depending on where you live, ... [... more]
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How to Choose Containers for Outdoor Trees
The potted tree you choose for outdoor décor will need a large container with drainage, that's a given. But there are other considerations in selecting a container for a tree. Check out the Resources (below) for guidance on choosing a tree ... [... more]
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How to choose between a fake, a cut, or a living ...
Here are some of the pros and cons to choosing the right kind of tree. Each one has benefits and each one has a down side. This is an article to help you make the best decision to suit you and your family. Fabulous fakes: Let's face it, some of ... [... more]
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How to Buy A Living Christmas Tree
For people buying a living evergreen Christmas tree to plant in their yards, this article helps you keep the tree alive, and buy the right tree for where you live. My information comes from an interview with the farm manager at Wells ... [... more]
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How to Grow an Almond Tree
The almond tree is in the prunus family just like the peach, apricot and plum. These are all called 'stone' fruits since they have stone-sized hard pits. You might notice that an almond (the pit) looks very much like the pit of a peach. The ... [... more]
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How to Grow a Palo Verde
If you like the look of the desert, there is no tree more impressive than the Palo Verde. The Palo Verde is made up of several species of the Parkinsonia genus (used to be under Cercidium). It is named 'green stick' due to the fact the trunk ... [... more]
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