There are a number of downsides to planting grass over exposed tree roots, ultimately meaning it won't work very well. Instead, try these alternatives.

Good thing is, fall is the perfect time to give the lawn a good shot in the arm.

Planting trees and shrubs in the fall gives them all autumn, winter and spring to establish a good root system that will better prepare them for the summer heat.

The dry weather is posing a threat to some plants and lawns. Here's how to tell if you ought to take watering action.

Bare patches dotting an otherwise green lawn can be frustrating. Get to the root of what may be causing a patchy lawn.

Ornamental grasses add beautiful texture, movement, and a naturalistic feel to any garden. With their airy plumes and graceful shapes, it’s easy to see why they’ve become so popular. However, some of ...

Planting trees in the fall allows roots to establish while the soil is still warm and moist, but without the stress of high summer air temperatures ...

Hard pruning is best done keeping the natural growth cycle of azaleas in mind. The main growing season for azaleas is spring through early summer, March/April through May. Pruning hard just before or ...

Billy Haag, forestry manager with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, offers tips on planting in the tree lawn. In the city of St. Louis, the average size of a tree lawn–that strip of grass between your ...

Move the vulnerable plants to slightly more shaded areas and replace them with plants known to shrug off drought without watering. Echinops, eryngium, hylotelephium (Sedum), lavender, nepeta and ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida residents about hollyhocks, tomatoes, kumquats, angel wing begonias, orchids, trinette dwarf schefflera and lawn care ...