The Alamo announced a $1 million gift Friday that will support a shaded spot for reflection on the grounds with a restored water fountain dating to the 1930s. Using native Texas trees and plants, the ...

If you need more shade to improve your landscape, now is a good time to plant shade trees. The obvious motivation to plant shade trees is to reduce the hot sun that makes summer activities unpleasant ...

Live oak was terrible choice for parkway planting. Look out sidewalk, look out curb: roots are coming to get you. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram Over a career of helping Texas homeowners ...

Too much shade? No problem! We found shade ground cover plants that are perfect for every type of garden and landscape.

I decided, about 20 backaches ago, that I needed to scale back my expectations of massive beds of color washing the front of our landscape. Those just weren’t going to be practical if I were going to ...

'Planning my shady border now and have a few of these on the list,' said one gardener.