Deer-resistant shade plants are a smart choice for gardens with low light and plenty of browsing deer. Gardening where deer are plentiful can be challenging, especially in shady conditions. Focus on ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

Deer are charming creatures until they devour your entire hosta collection. So, let's face facts, a hungry deer will eat whatever it can find. However, if the deer isn't starving, it may skip over ...

I would like to add some native trees to my yard. I am also interested in adding fruit production to my gardening plan. What Missouri native trees would be appropriate for landscaping and also produce ...

One of the truisms of gardening in deer country – especially heading into the prime winter deer-damage season – is that there’s no such thing as a “deer-proof” plant. These furry eating machines will ...

The benefits of trees are boundless. Whether it is the calming aesthetics of a tree-lined path or street, the cooling shade of a looming oak on a summer day, or the joy of watching wildlife shelter ...

Chilopsis linearis, the desert willow or desert catalpa, is prized in dry gardens for its showy, fragrant blossoms which cover the tree in summer. When many native bloomers are past their spring glory ...

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