What makes a landscape high maintenance? The saying “right plant, right place” is the grown-up version of the matching game. Does the plant match the site’s light, soil, water and space requirements?

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus) are among the most versatile of conifers. These slow-growing, long-lived evergreens are drought-tolerant, pest-free and amazingly easy to prune. Most have dark green ...

Q: I want to make a hedge using dwarf yew pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus “maki”) in a planter box. Will that work for three or four plants? What size do you recommend for at least three to four plants ...

Were are planting suggestions from the Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, and the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service, Rolling Meadows. Remember that these trees and shrubs must be ...

Dwarf yew is a common shrub in Eastern Canada, but it has an uncommon use. It contains taxanes used in medications to treat various cancers. Marcel Baillargeon says he used to think of the dwarf yew ...