Choose deciduous shade trees — those that drop their leaves during the winter. You will have the shade you need in the summer ...

Evergreen shrubs such as boxwood, holly, rhododendron, yew and arborvitae provide year-round green color in the landscape.

From dwarf varieties like the Dwarf Palmetto Palm to the magnificent Royal Palm, you have many options to make your landscape ...

6. CREATING PRIVACY: When creating privacy in the landscape, small evergreen trees can be used to screen an outdoor living area from the neighbors’ view. Evergreen trees are also very useful ...

You can accomplish all three by planting pawpaw trees. These trees — which you’ll sometimes hear called by their Latin name, Asimina triloba — are a wonderful but somewhat uncommon choice for the home ...