Trees

Trees provide shade, cover, and may even produce fruit! Learn how to grow your trees successfully with our detailed guides.

Shrubs and trees wrapped in cloth and burlap for frost protection, standing in a snow-covered winter garden.

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How to Wrap Trees and Shrubs for Winter Protection

Wrapping your trees and shrubs can do a lot to protect and preserve them for winter. With a little planning ahead, your garden will survive the winter and come back better than ever in the spring. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss explains how to do it right.

The tall deciduous hedge trees display dense clusters of fragrant, creamy-white flowers along their branches in full bloom.

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12 Deciduous Hedge Trees That Look Amazing in Fall

Hedge trees go beyond mere hedges to create shelter, privacy, and beauty in the garden. This traditional landscape choice melds historical charm with modern, naturalistic architecture. Here are some of our favorite deciduous hedge trees that look amazing in the fall.

Japanese maple varieties in a landscaped garden display a striking mix of green and purple foliage, with delicate, deeply lobed leaves that create a layered, elegant texture among surrounding plants.

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The Top 9 Japanese Maple Varieties for Home Landscaping

Color-changing leaves aren’t the only reason to plant Japanese maples! The trees grow twisting branches and stunning seed pods that helicopter to the ground when they’re ripe. These nine varieties are some of the best cultivars, and they’re easy to install during landscaping projects.

A large Japanese maple tree with crimson leaves cascading over dark, curved branches in a sunny fall garden, which is perfect for planting in October.

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11 Japanese Maple Trees You Can Plant in October

When it comes to beautiful form, stunning seasonal color, and ornamental value, it doesn't get much better than a Japanese Maple. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at some classic varieties as well as some more surprising and unconventional varieties to plant in October.

Close-up of a maple tree showing broad, five-lobed leaves with sharply serrated edges in deep burgundy-red, ideal to plant in October for vibrant fall color.

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11 Spectacular Maple Tree Varieties You Can Plant in October

Maples come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and varieties! There are more than you can count. Former nurseryman Jerad Bryant includes 11 of the most spectacular maples on this list. These maple tree varieties appreciate a fall planting, and they’ll fill your yard with color next spring.

Red leaves tree with graceful, spreading branches covered in deeply lobed, dark red leaves forming a dense, vibrant canopy.

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11 Trees With Red Leaves Year-Round

Fall isn’t the only season for red leaves. Some trees have them year-round! Then, the red-leaf trees turn brilliant colors in autumn. Scatter them about the yard to brighten up the space, or use one as a focal point in the garden. Join former nurseryman Jerad Bryant to discover 11 trees with red leaves all year.

A close-up shot of a composition of green colored pinnate leaves and red colored flower plumes of the staghorn sumac tree

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Staghorn Sumac Trees

Staghorn sumacs are treasures in the landscape, whether they’re growing as trees or shrubs. How they grow depends on your care habits. Maintain them as single-stem trees or multi-stem shrubs. Learn more about this U.S. native species alongside native plant gardener Jerad Bryant.