Trailing types of this mounding evergreen make great ground covers for shade. Winter creeper spreads easily, forming roots wherever its stems touch the ground. Before you grab any garden tools ...

A: Consider Lacey oak. It’s native to the Hill Country, also to far Southwest Texas. It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide. It has small, rounded blue-green leaves all summer. In late ...

Q: Shade has been increasing in my backyard as ... I’m trying to have a really nice (but compact) garden, and I’d love to have something a little different. A: Consider Lacey oak.