Check out our guide to the best spring-flowering trees that Southerners love. You'll want to plant at least one of these ...

While bold evergreens can add lovely blue-green shades to your yard, and many maples turn delightful colors in the fall, there's nothing quite like the burst of flowers from a flowering tree. If you ...

Hybrid fruit trees are often hardier. They can also produce delicious fruit in more abundance than their parents. That's a ...

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 ...

Over the past several weeks I have been enjoying going out into my yard and see­ing the various trees not only offering welcoming shade, but also beautiful flowers, which began blooming in the early ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." With its pretty white spring ...

The last weekend of March, metro Atlanta was subjected to the highest pollen count in nearly 35 years, with it surging to more than 14,000! Despite the sneezing, itchy eyes and yellow vehicles, I do ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A familiar springtime odor will soon fill the air as trees known for their fishy scent bloom in ...

A guide to five flowering trees to prune in early spring, as you sacrifice flowers and growth if they are trimmed any later, ...

In the midst of blooming flowers, several trees are blossoming across the region. Missouri Department of Conservation is encouraging people to get outside to see the flowering trees and shrubs that ...

That line of pear trees in the Palomar neighborhood in south Lexington is gorgeous, fluffy and decked out like clouds descended to suburban Earth. The problem is that pear trees are also invasive. And ...

A gray catbird stands in the grass with wildflowers alongside a dirt path. - Jean Landry/Shutterstock Attracting birds to your yard is not that difficult if you have the basics available — food, water ...