I clicked on one of those rotating video things on Facebook the other day. It showed the wealthiest people in the world year by year for the past 25 years. I could watch the names rise and fall ...

If you need more shade to improve your landscape, now is a good time to plant shade trees. The obvious motivation to plant shade trees is to reduce the hot sun that makes summer activities unpleasant ...

It's almost unfair of me to spread out a list of things you need to be doing in your landscape and garden when you're still ...

The rains have started and the weather is cool, so it is a good time to plant trees. Last week we went over a list of large shade trees, but there are several good reasons to plant small and medium ...

Welcome to Heat Week. From July 1 until July 5, Chron is looking at how heat has defined our lives in Houston and Texas—the good, the bad and the sweaty. If you've ever taken a walk on a hot summer ...

November through February is the best time to plant hardy trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines. If you have been thinking about adding a shade tree to your landscape, now is a great time to do it.

The southeast lost a lot of shade last year. It seems like adding insult to injury, when, after the massive recovery from bad storms is finally completed, we are left with relentless, scorching, ...

I wouldn’t want to stand out in the middle of our yard now until fall without a little extra love and attention. It gets brutal out there. But that’s exactly what we expect out of our shade trees. All ...

The dinosaurs and I grew up when home lots were much larger. We thought nothing of planting live oaks and letting them spread as far as they wanted. Their 75-foot wingspans were no problem at all. But ...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Some 5.6 million urban shade trees were killed by the record drought that baked Texas last year, the Texas Forest Service reported on Wednesday. Last year was the driest year ...

If you have some trees in your yard, their true tree value might be worth more than just shade. If you’re currently peering out your window at the trees in your yard and wondering if you’re sitting on ...