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 ...

As much as I hate to admit that summer colors are fading, it is time to start thinking about what will look good in the garden all winter. As the perennials melt down, the annuals die, and the ...

For a little more privacy in your yard or on your patio, look no further than a natural fence made from fast-growing ...

In April I discovered the nest of an American Crow high in a mature loblolly pine tree in our backyard. The nest is an accumulation of sticks attached firmly to two large limbs close to the top of the ...

At 7,450 feet in height, Reyes Peak is the highest point between Santa Barbara County’s Big Pine Mountain (6,750 feet) and lofty 9,000-foot Mount Iwihinmu (Pinos). Reyes Peak on the Pine Mountain ...

Though many of us now look for and take home an evergreen tree for the holidays, we really don't need this annual celebration to make note of conifers at this time. With a landscape of snow and bare ...

The fight to stop the remarkably rapid spread of wilding conifer pine trees continues, as Southland officials are warning the pines have caused a land-use and biosecurity crisis for the region. Around ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

Strolling on snowshoes around the Lower Loop at Eaglecrest one gray, damp day, we found, as expected, that conditions for reading animal tracks were bad on the rain-packed snow. So we counted trees ...