Avoid this common pruning mistake before your tree becomes an eyesore.

New plants and two trees were installed today in the five planting beds in the city parking lot on Larchmont Boulevard.

Hostas can also be planted in March. Herbs, such as thyme, lemon balm, oregano, chives, sage and winter savory all thrive ...

Crepe myrtles are certainly beautiful on their own, as the focal point in a flower bed or perched in a corner of the backyard ...

Neil Sperry gives answers on kumquats, crape myrtle aphids/scale, shade lawn fixes with mondograss, dahlias vs. zinnias, and ...

A: A crape myrtle shedding bark is completely normal. Also referred to as ‘exfoliating bark’, this process simply reveals newer inner bark, often cinnamon red in color. This process can be more ...

We all enjoy the colorful blooms of flowering crape myrtles in the summer. But it’s those same trees that all too often fall victim to a misguided winter ritual known as “crape murder,” the aggressive ...

Growing fruit trees from seeds can take many years, and the resulting tree won’t be identical to the parent tree. You could end up with a new hybrid variety that produces smaller fruit that may not ...

Crape myrtles begin blooming in early July, keeps flowering through our blazing summers when everything else is fiery hot, and doesn’t stop until the days begin to cool in early October. “I’m melting, ...

Dear Neil: I recently bought a house in rural East Texas. It’s on 2.5 acres of heavily forested land. I didn’t walk the entire area before the closing, and only recently have I discovered that I ...