“Arborvitae, in general, makes a good privacy fence, but for fast-growing variety, look for ‘Green Giant’. Green Giant can ...

Some landscaping shrubs prefer moist conditions, while others are more drought-tolerant. Choosing shrubs adapted to your area’s average rainfall patterns can help you avoid excessive maintenance.

For example, after last winter’s severe cold, it’s clear that heat- and drought-tolerant plants, whether perennials or shrubs ...

Most full-sun shrubs are drought-tolerant, meaning they can thrive in dry conditions with only occasional watering. This makes many full-sun plants low-maintenance additions to your backyard.

(John Hagstrom / The Morton Arboretum) Flowering shrubs can bring color ... it tolerates both flooding and occasional drought. The blue-black berries are a magnet for birds and other wildlife ...

If you've admired the stunning display of purple flowers in the landscape in recent weeks, you've witnessed one of ...

Climate change has made xeriscaping more important and more popular than ever,” says expert Randy Schultz. Learn how to do it ...

Learn More › Fresh air, natural light, and the right backyard landscaping ideas can convert a ho-hum outdoor space into a ...

But the process remains painstakingly slow, requiring years of field trials. And truly drought-tolerant wheat remains elusive, even as the need for it becomes more urgent due to climate change.

When most people think about hospitals, they picture what goes on inside them. But what's outside is important, too. A ...

Iowa’s dryness has subsided to a level comparable with about a year ago, and less than a third of the state now has drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Thursday's report — which is ...

Numerous companies in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas along the Texas border have shuttered factories or curbed operations due to a severe drought in the region. The natural disaster is having an ...