Our recent column, “Thoughts about trees,” described the large trees in my garden, provided basic guidelines for tree care and promised a column about the criteria for selecting the right trees for ...

Winter can be the good time to evaluate your home landscape and make plans for planting new trees and shrubs when spring arrives. The starkness of the winter landscape, especially under a blanket of ...

Purdue Landscape Report: It’s that wonderful time of year again where temps are rising, life is coming back into the landscape, and people are thinking about how to improve the urban canopy around ...

Purdue urban forester Lindsey Purcell shares tips for tree pruning for the landscape, including knowing why you are pruning, how to prune and how to help the tree heal properly. Please visit the Tree ...

The cool season from November through February is an excellent time to plant hardy trees, shrubs and ground covers in our area. That makes the next few weeks a great time for planning landscaping ...

This week, we celebrated Louisiana Arbor Day (always the third Friday in January), the traditional time we celebrate trees by planting them. And plant them we should — trees provide a wide variety of ...

LIFE IS BETTER with trees. Especially if you live in a city, where people and pavement create what’s known as an Urban Heat Island effect, isolated areas that are measurably hotter than surrounding ...

When landscaping with olive trees, oftentimes one beautiful specimen is all it takes to add sculptural drama to your outdoor space. A single olive tree can become the focal point of a courtyard garden ...

Friday was National Arbor Day. If it caught you off guard, or you didn’t remember, don’t worry. There is never a bad time to appreciate the role that urban trees play in helping to make Jacksonville a ...