In the back and side yards of St. Louis homes, usually in the city or the inner suburbs, clay planters that look like tree trunks sit there, doing their, um, clay tree trunk planter thing. Greg ...

Felling a tree is usually an expensive necessity that becomes even pricier when you have to remove the stump that the landscaper leaves behind. Instead of grinding it down, turn the stump into a focal ...

Would you like to dress up your tree with a garden around it? That’s fine — as long as it consists of compatible plants in the ground, and is not a raised planter. Raised planters are a common sight ...

Gardeners may be thinking of adding some color to the garden this spring by building a planter or raised planting bed around a tree. For the tree’s sake, don’t do it, says Doris Taylor, Plant Clinic ...

It’s that time of year when new trees and plants are finding their place in our gardens. One of my pet peeves in gardening is seeing a tree that is planted too deep, and unfortunately, I see a lot of ...

Q: I live in what seems to be a very windy part of the valley. All of my trees have been staked since the landscape was installed several years ago. When can I remove all that lumber from the yard? A: ...

If you're a homeowner in the Twin Cities, there's a chance that you have an ugly stump in front of your house. Thanks to the emerald ash borer infestation, St. Paul and Minneapolis have had to cut ...