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Trees and shrubs are easy to plant if you follow a few simple rules: Plan first, buy from a reputable dealer, and dig the hole properly.

Trees and shrubs reach consumers in ways that may result in root defects. Inspect roots and correct problems to ensure proper establishment, stress new planting guides.

Trees and shrubs need acceptable backfill, mulch, staking and pruning for good growth. New planting guides stress backfill and mulch depths to ensure good establishment.

While the focus of these gardens is food and shelter for bats, other wildlife will be attracted as well. The variety of plant types allows for gardener creativity.

Planting trees and shrubs too close to each other and to structures is a common landscaping mistake. Here are suitable planting distances for 25 familiar species.

Some false garden ideas have been around so long that organic gardeners forget to question these urban legends. Learn about grass clippings, peat moss, and weed fabric.

Attracting birds to the backyard is a great hobby venture and to make sure you get a variety you may need more than seed trays.

You envision lush greenery and deep shade when adding trees to your landscape. But you could end up with unforeseen problems. Read this before planting.

Arbor Day, observed in the U. S. on the last Friday of April, is a traditional time to plant trees. Trees in the home landscape provide physical structure and memories.

Mulching practices that improve and support shrub and tree health are essential for DIY landscape gardeners who want to create good-looking but money-wise projects.

Apple blooms are the state flowers for both Michigan and Arkansas states. Michigan and Arkansas states were known for apple production early in their statehood.

One of Scotland's most romantic places, Gigha has sub tropical gardens, beautiful beaches, pre-historic sites. and you can stay in a 19th-century baronial mansion.

Making the right choices for your garden in the spring can help simplify maintenance later on and ensure a bountiful, carefree garden season.

There are no tricks or secrets to planting desert-adaptec trees and shrubs, but there are special situations you'll want to deal with.

No matter if a garden is high plains (above 4,000 ft.) or low desert, November is the time to take care of a few chores.

Fall is the most underused season in American Gardens that lie in zones 5 or above. Plant fresh salad greens and perennials in the fall for great results.

Heat and wind can cause significant damage to desert garden plants.

Here and in future articles, we learn how to landscape, step-by-step, a relatively new house in Charlottesville, VA (plant hardiness zone 7).

Outdoor Kids includes more than 40 gardening activities for kids and is a great guide for parents who want to share a love of gardening and nature with their children.

You can make your backyard a habitat for wildlife. Just look around for native plants and trees and provide food, shelter, water, and protection for young.

Let fall leaves do what comes naturally. Spend time and money wisely by recycling leaves in your lawn and garden.

A good pair of garden pruners is a must for every gardener. Pruning is as essential to flower gardening as water is to living.

This smart guide to home landscaping explains how to landscape a yard and design a garden in simple steps.

Combining a passion for gardening and a need for an income can be the first start to beginning a backyard nursery.

The way to attract birds to your yard is to provide them with everything they need: food and water, shelter from weather and predators, a place to nest, a dust bath.

Protecting plants during the winter is vital to insure healthy plants next Spring. Frosts, freezing temperatures and rain can injure plants if they are not protected.

Teaching kids to serve others is a very important task. Here are some great ideas for service projects and outreach programs that kids can do together.

The essence of spice can enhance everything you cook. But knowing how to best utilize them means the difference between good and great.

Learn about the whimsical gardening tips in this Niall Edworthy book such as: "The more one gardens, the more one learns" ~ Vita Sackville-West

The Hosta Garden was donated by the Arnold Arboretum and is a must-see. The Governors Grove celebrates Maine's 60 governors. Open year round and free to all.

In an Integrated Pest Management system insectivorous birds are used in an ecologically sustainable way to manage pests in a green and natural biodiverse environment.

Mesquite is probably one of the most versatile trees in southwestern portion of the North American continent.

The warm soil and cool nights of the fall season are an ideal combination for planting many types of perennials, trees, and bulbs for garden display the following spring.

There are two shrubs that have leaves that are more black than anything - and several more in dark colors deep enough to work as if they were ebony colored.