With flowering trees, you get the height and size of a tree, plus pretty blooms. Check out the best types of flowering trees.

Hawthorn bark is smooth in young trees but develops characterful, flaky, twisted, gnarled brown in older trees. Crab apples ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Wisconsin's prairies are filled with beautiful plants that bloom from early spring through the fall. Here are some common plants to look for on your next stroll through a prairie. One of the first ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to keep them looking nice. A lower-maintenance way to provide landscape color is ...