Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...

It’s been a long, beautiful fall this year. The cool weather tripped the trees to color up and then hold their leaves for a beautiful show of reds, oranges and yellows. Tree leaves aren’t the only ...

Even in the cold, snow and dreariness of January, there’s actually a lot of seasonal color and interest to capture the eye outside. It may not be in your yard — but it could be. Take time to look ...

REDLANDS >> Planning and restraint can be a gardener’s best friend in landscape design. “People are often impatient and want instant gratification, so they plant several things and then over time they ...

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From frothy seedheads to swaying stems to spikey clumps of foliage, ornamental grasses offer loads of winter interest. Call on large upright grasses, such as the native big bluestem, as well as ...

Before you head to your favorite garden center shopping for plants and accessories, stand out by the street and look at your home. Note its colors and architectural lines, even the roof pitch, ...

As summer comes to a close and fall eventually fades into winter our landscapes often dim into a less interesting state, too. Yards take on a flatness and show tan shades of dormant grass and ...

As I walked into a doctor’s appointment the other day I made mental note of the plants in their landscape. It was a commercial landscape that you might otherwise have thought was reasonably attractive ...