Gardening under trees can be both a rewarding and challenging endeavor. The dense canopy creates a unique microenvironment where light is limited, soil conditions vary, and competition for ...

For this reason, growing shrubs for shade or part-shade that are adaptable and resilient is the best course of action. Here are five shrubs for under trees to fill your borders with greenery.

Many homeowners wonder how to get grass to grow beneath a tree, where it often is bare or patchy. “It’s better for both the grass and the tree if you don’t try,” said Spencer Campbell ...

The space under trees bothers gardeners. Either nothing grows there, and we wish something would. Or something grows that we don't like and wish it wouldn't, such as moss, scraggly grass and weeds ...

Although the root system weighs far less than the rest of the tree (the root-to-shoot ratio for trees under normal conditions is usually about 1-to-5 or 1-to-6 by weight, according to the Journal ...

Here are some gardening and landscape design books to consider as holiday gifts -- or as a year-end treat for yourself. * "The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers," by George E. Brown and ...