Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel) is a wonderful evergreen shrub which breaks forth in February and March with showy purple blossoms whimsically smelling like grape bubblegum or perhaps ...

Gardening is in full swing and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master ...

Q. I can't figure out what happened to my Texas mountain laurel. It is 6 years old, and I've tried to train it to be a small tree. This spring, however, a big portion of it turned brown. Should I ...

Lush growth on lawns, shrubs and trees testifies ample rainfall. If your walkways have crowded with new branches that swish as you pass by, or plants — like the rosemary in my garden — that usually ...

WINTER on the West Coast is one of the best times of the year to do several seasonally relevant tasks in the garden including mulching, transplanting, liming the soil and, above all, pruning many ...

Q: I have a monster laurel hedge along the back of my yard. When I bought this house, it looked all neat and tidy and the entire landscape was immaculate. Now the hedge has branches growing out all ...

It’s spring again, and while a lot of tulips may be on their way from Amsterdam, there are more important things to consider. Take, for example, the question of when and how to prune those reliable, ...

A:Prune only if necessary immediately after spring bloom. There is a narrow window of opportunity to prune without decreasing or eliminating the following year’s bloom. Don’t prune after the gray ...