Spruce up your yard! With cold-weather hardiness, evergreen beauty and a range of sizes and shapes, the many types of spruce ...

Tall types exceed 20 feet in height. If you think that’s not possible, look at Muskogee or Red Rocket. If those don’t ...

Yet tucked away in the emerald-blue shores of Lake Tahoe sits Vikingsholm, a breathtaking Scandinavian-style castle that looks like it was plucked straight from a northern European fairytale and ...

In the third year of developing our Japanese garden, I began planning my trees. Naturally, I turned my attention to Japanese maples. The history of these trees is amazing. Twenty-three species of ...

When a pair of Himalayan magpies decided to trust Avay Shukla and family, neither party could have foreseen what lay ahead ...

The author enjoys birdwatching at his cottage, contrasting it with pigeon-filled city life. He befriended Himalayan magpies, who nested on his land. Tragedy struck when a cat killed their chicks. The ...