Many homeowners plant beautiful and fast-growing conifers to add privacy to their yards. Assuming they're evergreen, they believe the privacy screen would hold its green hue year-round. So, when they ...

In the season of the tannenbaum, give a thought to the idea of bestowing the garden with a permanent evergreen to admire, smell and touch while it brightens the gray winter landscape. I am thinking a ...

As the festive season approaches, evergreen conifers like spruce and pine adorn homes worldwide. But while Christmas trees bring warmth and joy into our lives, they endure some of the harshest ...

Brown and gray, you can go away now. With pewter skies, taupe trees and blah-colored mud getting old fast, gardeners are craving green. The desperately needed hue, fortunately, shines year-round on ...

Plants that are green all year are a key element in landscape design. Walk out of your house now, in the dead of winter, and what stands out in the garden? Trees and shrubs that are green all year ...

Who says conifers are boring? - They can add structure, colour and scent to the urban garden.

Because of their popularity as windbreaks and visual screens, we often see many conifers in the home landscape. Conifers are cone-bearing plants and do not flower. A few are deciduous and drop their ...