* What it is: Gardeners often need skinny, upright evergreens for those tight spots in the yard where they’re looking for privacy or definition. Examples are along property lines in small yards, ...

Juniper shrubs are getting a second look as homeowners search for carefree greenery with year-round appeal. These plants have long been a landscape staple, especially as an evergreen foundation plant, ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles dealing with plants that survive despite what we humans demand of them. These plants I have dubbed "Parking Lot Plants." So far I have written about Daylilies ...

The Juniper is the kind of plant that my husband would refer to as pedestrian. Many others think of it as common or plain, or even uninspiring. I, on the other hand, think of the Juniper as the work ...

My neighborhood was built 25 years ago. It has finally reached the age where junipers are consuming several homes. When the trees went into the landscapes, they were little and looked harmless. It’s ...

Q: The arborvitae in the photo is on the south corner of my house and was planted about four years ago. In the winter it was wrapped in burlap, and weathered the previous years fine, but this year it ...