A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of lavender ...

A botanical mystery has been stirring through local social media the last couple of weeks as posters ponder about that big tree with the purple flowers. Colonies of trees with large spikes of lavender ...

When planting a new tree in your backyard or front yard, consider how tall or wide it will grow.

You won’t stop at just one, once you discover what they can do for your garden: “People get obsessed.” By Margaret Roach Matthew and Timothy Nichols’s story could be a case study of what it means to ...

'Murasaki Kiyohime' is a great dwarf Japanese maple with dramatic spring color showing red-purple leaf borders with green centers. Its fall color is yellow, orange and red. Howard Garrett / Special ...