There's little as rewarding as eating homegrown fruit. The good news: Many varieties — like mulberry and lemon trees — don't require a large backyard to flourish. While it's true that some fruit trees ...

Patience is a virtue, and many trees require it. "Trees, in general, live on a much longer timeline than we do, with many living for hundreds, and some even thousands of years," says Nancy Gaspari, an ...

There are a lot of tree species gardeners could plant in their yards, but fast-growing trees need careful consideration with spacing. They will fill gaps fast.

Fast-growing trees can add character and color to your home's landscape relatively quickly, but those varieties often require full sun to add height so quickly. However, there are plenty of ...

This fast-growing shrub produces edible fruit. Plant it in the fall so it can establish itself and begin growing in the ...

While it might look like a simple evergreen bush, there’s a lot more to the thuja plicata plant than you might expect. The ...

While fencing in your backyard can create some privacy, it's not always the best choice. Even Robert Frost wasn't so sure that good fences make good neighbors. As he puts it in the poem where that ...

Is it better to grow herbs in the ground outside or will they do better in a greenhouse setting? Either way has its own pros and cons, much depends on your circumstances and needs in growing herbs.

Rapid height growth may positively influence fiber length in Swedish spruce wood. A case study investigated wood samples from ...