Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To ensure your shrubs thrive, read the plant tag or description so you know if it will survive winters in your USDA Hardiness zone ...

Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. When properly used, a foundation planting serves definite purposes. It connects the structure with ...

No matter how much designers talk about enhancing the interior of a house, when an unwitting neighbor passes by on the street, it is the curb appeal of your home that sets its tone. First impressions ...

Foundation plantings do a lot of work ... but without guidance, the plants may be perfectly happy to do it all wrong. A good foundation planting roots your home to the landscape and reflects its style ...

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it. By Margaret Roach Turning your front yard into ...

B A curving front walk and plants of various heights extend the front yard planting scheme to the edge of the property. It’s much more interesting than a line of shrubs in front of the house. MARTY ...

Foundation plantings include the small trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals and ground covers that link your home to its surroundings. Such plantings greet your visitors, add dimension to your yard and, ...

Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, two leading voices in ecological landscape design, have been keeping watch on the natural world — from two different continents, North America and Europe — for a long ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our recent column introduced matrix planting, a naturalistic approach to designing a garden bed, or a full garden. This design approach reflects natural ...