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 ...

Q. We like the idea of 12 months of color. Last week you mentioned that the redbuds and Texas mountain laurels were in bloom.

We create our own environment. Fort Worth was established in June 1849 as a small Army outpost. Dallas started out as a small ...

A sprawling shade tree can transform your yard into a tranquil oasis, offering relief from the heat while boosting the aesthetic appeal of your space. Beyond their beauty, shade trees also provide ...

Now is a good time to plant shade trees. The recommended varieties for the San Antonio area include live oak, Texas red oak, cedar elm, Mexican sycamore, Montezuma cypress, Mexican white oak, ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Shade trees address many modern homeownership and gardening woes. Through their sprawling mass of glossy leaves, they block the onslaught of ...

Trees can provide shade in your garden for decades, but if you can't wait that long, here are five fast-growing shade trees. 1. Weeping Willow Trees Weeping willows grow by up to four feet per year ...

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, ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Every year I hear the same thing, “We like to get our trees in the ground in the spring when everything starts growing.” I even had one lady tell me at a fall landscape ...