Among the many brilliant ways to make your small backyard look bigger on a budget, growing dwarf plants perhaps comes foremost. When chosen wisely, they fit right in with the garden's scale ...

Others are softscape elements or major plantings like trees and shrubs. One of my go-to garden bones are dwarf conifers. Mostly small evergreen trees and shrubs with needle-shaped or scale-like ...

As home gardeners picked up growing plants during the coronavirus pandemic but didn’t necessarily have the space for a full-size garden, dwarf tomatoes found their way into containers on patios ...

IF YOU’VE EVER been surprised when a supposedly dwarf shrub outgrows its intended footprint in the garden, you’re not alone. Compact burning bush (Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’), with growth ...

You probably know that I’m a big fan of the dwarf hinoki cypress ... Take them for a tour of Ed Hume’s Children’s Garden. The tours are popular with both kids and adults because they ...

In 1970, Argentea Compact dwarf Lawson cypress was found in a New Zealand nursery. The cultivar will add only 2 inches of growth a year, making it a perfect addition to a rock or alpine garden ...