» Remember to keep watering established trees and shrubs as well as the new ones until the ground freezes so they have lots of moisture to make it through the winter. We've had a dry season so this is ...

Conifers are cone-bearing plants and include plants such as pines, cypress, junipers and yews. They are usually recognized by their needle-like foliage and are considered evergreens. Although most ...

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 ...

A new study shows that upon attack by bark-feeding weevils, conifers release substantial quantities of volatile organic compounds that provide important cues to neighboring seedlings. Conifers are ...

When I bought my home in Burlington nine years ago, a huge selling point was the gardens. Both front and back yards were terraced with stonework, and the previous owners had planted loads of ...

Evergreens provide colour in the garden all year round and, while they may be more of a backdrop to summer flowers, in winter they really come into their own. The choice of conifers available is huge, ...

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 ...

11:47, Mon, Sep 21, 2015 Updated: 12:57, Tue, Sep 22, 2015 The special week is organised by the British Conifer Group to promote the benefits of growing conifers in the garden. Conifers are low ...

Within conifers, active abscission of complete penultimate branch systems is not common and has been described mainly from juveniles. Here I present evidence for the abscission of penultimate branch ...