Shady parts of our garden may seem trickier to enhance, but they can be a floral haven for the right selections. Here are six ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a native shrub that turns wine-red and ripens blue-black berries in early fall.

In the New Orleans area, fall is not just a kaleidoscope of falling leaves and a gateway to dreary cold.. It's a season with ...

Finding plants that will thrive makes life so much easier as they'll naturally want to grow there. Shade is generally either dry or damp. Dry shade is usually where there are other plants causing ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Creeping red and chewings fescues Q: The grass underneath my shade trees dies back every year no matter what I try.

Samba is a dwarf variety developed ... as an understory tree in a woodland area or as a small shade tree in home landscapes. It can be grown as a large shrub, or single-stemmed or multi-stemmed ...

We will focus on adding plants that squirrels don’t find palatable, encouraging them to move on to another food-finding area. Just a reminder that if a squirrel is hungry enough, there are no ...

Choosing one of the three drive types, the retractable canopy can be stopped anywhere along the track, allowing shade in one area and the sun to shine through in the other. For Terraces with ...

The highest priority is bringing more resilient shade trees to our urban areas, even if they come from ... he said, woody shrubs like ceanothus, buckwheats, toyons, manzanitas, sumacs, sagebrush ...

Suitable for plants like ferns, mosses, tropical plants, succulents, and air plants, these gardens require minimal care and are ideal for small spaces. With their miniature ecosystem, these plants ...

Many gardens go drab this time of year after summer flowers have faded away. But in fields and along roadsides, swaths of ...

Our regular gardening column, Personal Growth, is not about plant names and weeding tips (although a few might come up). It ...