Whether you’re starting from scratch designing a new landscape, renovating an old one or just craving something new to add a little spark to a boring spot in your yard, a small ornamental tree may be ...

Small trees offer immediate benefits Use flowering cherry trees to frame a scene Kousa dogwood and serviceberry offer multi-season interest Everyone loves stately oaks and colorful maple trees, but we ...

Crape myrtle The "lilac of the South" gets its name from its crinkly, crepelike flowers and from foliage that resembles the true myrtle. Although native to China and Japan, crapes carry on here as if ...

This low-maintenance tree provides beautiful spring blooms and is relatively easy to care for, requiring very little in the ...

When you're roaming through the never-ending rows of gorgeous specimens in your local nursery, it's so easy to get caught up in their beauty and make an instant purchase. But this can prove costly in ...

Nurseries and garden centers are seeing increased new interest in small ornamental trees – especially native varieties of them. Christopher Uhland, owner of Chester County’s Harmony Hill Nursery and a ...

While it can be tempting to layer your garden with dozens of colorful plants, you should never underestimate the beauty of a white-flowering tree. These serene white blossoms give your eye a place to ...

I recall summers, when very young, perched on a limb in one of the small cherry trees in my backyard, reaching far for the ripest, most red cherry I could see, and then enjoying the reward of that ...