In the back and side yards of St. Louis homes, usually in the city or the inner suburbs, clay planters that look like tree trunks sit there, doing their, um, clay tree trunk planter thing. Greg ...

These tree stump ideas are sure to spark your imagination and help you make an eye-sore into your garden's crowning glory. From simple glow-ups to total transformations, there is no end to the ...

Felling a tree is usually an expensive necessity that becomes even pricier when you have to remove the stump that the landscaper leaves behind. Instead of grinding it down, turn the stump into a focal ...

Would you like to dress up your tree with a garden around it? That’s fine — as long as it consists of compatible plants in the ground, and is not a raised planter. Raised planters are a common sight ...

When the bark peels off, so does the cambium. The supply line to the roots is lost. The roots die because the phloem has been lost and no new phloem is being produced. The problem starts on the side ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Staking and mulching newly planted trees seems to come naturally to even the ...

It’s that time of year when new trees and plants are finding their place in our gardens. One of my pet peeves in gardening is seeing a tree that is planted too deep, and unfortunately, I see a lot of ...