'Tis the season to celebrate the evergreens in our lives as we prepare to give pride of place to the Christmas trees that represent everything bright and shiny about the holidays. Many ...

This is the second of two columns on dwarf conifers suitable for gardens in our region. Some are rare and hard to find. Keep your eyes open for them in area garden centers. Most of these can be found ...

In my opinion, dwarf conifers play the role of miniature works of art in the garden. They contrast beautifully with perennials and deciduous shrubs while adding color, form and interest in the winter ...

WHAT: This stunning dwarf conifer (Chamaecyparis pisifera Nana Aureovariegata) is bun-shaped dwarf with specks of vanilla-cream color throughout. It is a gorgeous addition to the winter border or can ...

The garden rockery appears to be a thing of the past these days. In the 70's and early 80's it seemed that every suburban garden had an ill conceived pile of stones situated in a corner somewhere that ...

I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree especially those from Dave Leck-ey With all apologies to Joyce Kilmer and/or her sister, Val. Although I might be just a little confused on ...

The Horticultural Trades Association is continuing its Plant A Tree In November campaign, and has recommended three companion plants for growing near conifers or with conifers in patio pots.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Pat Hayward deals with plants — and more precisely, plant questions — all day as executive director of Plant Select. And then she comes home to a garden in ...

Coloradans are lucky. In the dead of winter, when the landscape looks brown and dead or is covered by snow, we have the many hues of green conifers to remind us that spring will come again. In ...

Rebecca van der Zalm remembers when she first fell in love with conifers. It was when she went to the famous Iseli Nursery in Oregon with her parents, who were then the owners of the Surrey nursery ...