Q: I want to replace my storm-damaged tree with a single-trunk, evergreen flowering bush that would stand about 8 feet tall. - D.F., Houston A: The Mexican orchid tree, Bauhinia Mexicana, flowers ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

Autumn is poetically known as the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and beautiful displays of fiery foliage as the deciduous species of trees, shrubs and perennials growing in our gardens, and ...

Don Kinzler helps a reader identify a plant that recently showed up in her garden and answers questions about browning evergreen foliage and whether to cut back ornamental grasses in the fall or ...

Now that the holidays have passed and we all could stand to shed a few pounds, what better way to get active than tackling some yard work? Winter is a great time to plant trees and shrubs, giving them ...

As well as producing flowers at a time of year when any and every fragile bloom is to be treasured, trees and shrubs provide structure to the winter garden. This can come in the form of loose outlines ...

There’s nothing as sweet as enjoying a home-grown fruit harvest, but the wait time can be years for many trees to bear fruit. There are fast-growing fruit trees that can give yo ...