The bonus of a four-season yard is that the trees and shrubs, in particular, provide food and shelter for the birds, ...

Get ready for scenic drives and jumping into leaves, autumn-lovers. The fall season calls for scenery pleasing to the eyes when the leaves start to change color. Depending on the weather and geography ...

Well known as one of the best trees for a Japanese garden, acers are prized for their fall color, especially this one whose ...

Every year, winter will strip the city bare, turning lively blocks into gray corridors and tiny gardens into forgotten ...

Adding one or two trees with red leaves to your plot is a wonderful way to introduce beautiful structure, ornamental detail and vibrant color to your plot. Planting a tree in your garden is a ...

In autumn colorful trees take center stage outdoors. Their changing leaves make me pause to admire their beauty. These sentinels signal the change of seasons. Raking their falling leaves give us ...

* What they are: These are both improved forms of our native black gum tree, which turns a fiery red to orange-red shade in fall. Both of these varieties have that excellent fall color, rivaling ...

When it comes to a garden dressed to impress, winter is always a challenging time. Deciduous plants with their textural foliage and colorful hues of the growing season have descended beneath the earth ...

Strolling in my neighborhood the other day, I saw two trees with autumn foliage that I thought would have made the most compelling combination had they been planted side by side. One was a ginkgo tree ...

Judging from the attendance for our fall container class last week (more than 90) it is encouraging to know that many Northwest gardeners are just saying “No” to looking at boring pots of dirt all ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees are among the earth's most useful and beautiful products of nature.