These popular trees may be majestic, but their thirsty roots can damage pipes, pools, or even foundations. Here's how to get ...

Aside from Merlot, there are a few other dwarf redbud varieties that are appropriate for limited spaces, like ‘lavender twist’ and the Chinese redbud tree. USDA Zone: 6 to 9 ...

This deciduous, understory tree stays relatively small, making it perfect for many locations in the home landscape, even on the smallest urban home lots. Most cultivars rarely reach 30 feet ...

If you'd like a perfect garden lollipop try tree-form dwarf Korean lilac (Syringa meyerii 'Palibin'). This is a small lilac -- normally a tidy, rounded, 3-foot-tall lavender-flowered shrub -- that ...

A small space that's both shady and damp calls for choices such as foamflowers, hosta, crested iris, turtlehead, dwarf summersweet and dwarf fothergilla (among others).

In a moment of sheer extravagance, I purchased a dwarf redbud, Ruby Falls, and now have staked out a prominent place in the backyard for it to flower and flaunt its weeping branches.