We are very lucky to enjoy such a great assortment of spring flowering trees ranging from the early blooming Shadblow and Cherries (Amelanchier sp. and Prunus sp.) to mid spring redbud and Bradford ...

Fast-growing flowering trees add beauty to your landscape, rewarding you with lovely blooms and towering stature in just a ...

In a city with often-mild fall colors and a downright dreary winter landscape, spring rewards with vibrant hues produced by an exploding array of blooms. Each year, visitors from around the country ...

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As Houston’s flowering trees begin to bloom, you might find yourself wanting to plant them all. There are so many to choose from. Redbuds are among the first to bud, along with saucer magnolias and ...

Have you ever noticed that most of our trees and shrubs bloom from spring to early summer? There are very few that bloom mid-summer. In general, this works out just fine as our herbaceous annuals and ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to keep them looking nice. A lower-maintenance way to provide landscape color is ...

It's time to prune most summer-flowering trees such as crape myrtle, vitex, pomegranate, althea and mimosa. Pruning should generally be done between late January through early March to enhance their ...

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