Conifers are wonderful plants — attractive, hardy, functional. They’re terrific additions to any garden or landscape. Really. You may look around your neighborhood and laugh, seeing that 60-foot pine ...

Nearly 200 different varieties of conifers -- including Abies Fabri -- grow at the Ocean Coast Botanical Gardens north of Mendocino in Northern California. (Ocean Coast Botanical Gardens) If you have ...

Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...

Once established, conifers provide lush green screening for very little effort. Super easy to look after, they need only ...

Seeing Christmas trees on sale reminds me how beautiful needle-bearing conifers can be. Firs, pines and spruces look their absolute best in midwinter. Many create handsome outlines, bringing structure ...

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 ...

This may seem a shame - but it isn't. Conifers can be beautiful, but varieties grown as Christmas trees usually have dubious garden value, especially where space is limited. So don't be tempted to ...

Marianne Binetti recommends “Growing Conifers” by John J. Albers that teaches how to use conifers to create strong bones in the garden. McClatchy Newspapers Winter is on the way, so hold off on ...

Theories abound, but there is no hard and fast way to tell when certain kinds of trees will fruit — the only thing you can be sure of is that it does not happen very often. Tasmania's conifer trees ...

Marianne Binetti recommends “Growing Conifers” by John J. Albers that teaches how to use conifers to create strong bones in the garden. McClatchy Newspapers Winter is on the way, so hold off on ...