Shrubs are great plants for giving your garden depth, color and privacy. Many native and near-native shrubs are also critical for our wildlife, providing habitat and food. And springtime is a good ...

A quick and reliable method to brighten the desert winter landscape is with colorful, annual flowering plants. Many that grow ...

Looking to block out those nosy neighbors or conceal unsightly views in your yard? The trick is to use your flora and fauna to your advantage, creating a privacy bush, or 'green wall' in your yard.

As wild burro populations grow, they're putting native vegetation at risk, a new study shows, including the saguaro cactus.

It’s the second day of winter 2014 and the Eckerts’ landscape surrounding their Vail home is green and leafy with trees, bushes, yuccas and succulents. The front yard welcomes visitors with a groomed ...

Pruning shrubs and perennials in May can reward you with neater plants and tremendous future flowering displays. There is a lot to do in the garden this month, but do not overlook pruning when putting ...

I’ve pruned a lot of plants in my time as a gardener. Some I had to tackle from atop a wobbly ladder, and at least once I had to take shears with me in a cherry picker, to confront a rather ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...