I confess that I have made many mistakes in my garden. I have killed many plants. I have lost investments of time and money. There is much to be said about learning from one’s failures. Ultimately, ...

Evergreen attractions are the bones that can make any garden a wonderful four-season refuge for birds and gardeners alike. Conifers not only provide that tempting trio of food, shelter and nesting ...

The conifer seems to have sunk from sight in most gardens in an age when tall, airy planting is highly fashionable. Yet in a long winter like the one we've just had, they are invaluable. They come in ...

Today's homeowners are gardening in smaller plots than their predecessors and finding it more difficult and expensive to care for massive shrub plantings that quickly outgrow their allotted space.

Pity the poor dwarf conifer. Once de rigueur in fashionable plantings it is now derided as a has-been and relegated to the suburban fringes of horticultural taste. Such is often the fate of trendy ...

UC Berkeley researchers subjected dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) to enhanced UV-B radiation in growth chambers for two months. The irradiated pines not only produced malformed pollen, but they dropped all ...

When someone tells you a plant is a dwarf, it really doesn't tell you much. When it comes to trees or shrubs, the non-dwarf "normal" plant may grow 20 feet tall or more and the "dwarf" may grow to ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Mugo pine (Pinus mugo) is ...

Q: We have an overgrown mugo pine shrub that is blocking the pathway to our front door and blocking sunlight from a window. The debate we are having is whether to move it or prune it. I would like to ...

Q: We have an overgrown mugo pine shrub that is blocking the pathway to our front door and blocking sunlight from a window. The debate we are having is whether to move it or prune it. I would like to ...