A pretty, sunny, and shady garden with a pergola and lots of flowering plants and vines. - Clive Nichols/Getty Images Do you need to create a natural privacy screen in your garden? Perhaps you want to ...

Nothing takes an unsightly fence or bare shed wall and makes it look better than a wild, lush expanse of garden plants covering it over – bonus if the plants are in flower, and pollinators are buzzing ...

Most vines benefit from a trim now and then, whether it’s a bit of judicious pinching to redirect growth or more severe pruning to reinvigorate growth. What’s not as apparent is when it’s best to do ...

Vines are underused plants in North Texas landscaping. They serve many of the same purposes as shrubs and trees, but they take up so little valuable space in today’s shrinking gardens. They provide ...

I always get lots of questions about controlling weedy vines in mid- to late summer. By then, vines have grown vigorously for ...

Vines can fill an important role in the landscape. On a trellis or fence, they can provide privacy or hide something unattractive on the other side. Vines provide as good a visual block as hedges but ...