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“Many customers want traditional hydrangeas and boxwoods, but the waterwise plants that need less water once established are very popular, and getting more so.”

With spring just over a month away, the Durango Botanical Gardens is encouraging residents to flex their green thumbs at its annual DurangoScape conference, which is all about native plants this year....

As residents continue to clean up their yards after the June tornado, the Highlands Ranch Community Association saw an opportunity to teach homeowners about xeriscaping, a landscaping style that …

Dear Eartha, now that the sun has returned, some of my grass is scorched. The shaded parts are okay, but not the areas in full sun. Help! A rainy spring wore many of us down,...

Yes, Virginia, some top-notch plants can take the heat in Idaho and the Rocky Mountain West. As promised, I will keep writing about some of the best performers and how

Can we ever truly go back to the original Colorado landscape before settlers arrived and built thriving cities of green spaces filled with water-thirsty grass, trees, shrubs, and flowers that reflected cities they left in the Eastern states?

There are many great plants to choose from that will do well in Colorado, but unfortunately, most of them require sun. What can be done for our shady areas?

As states pay homeowners to remove lawns, replacement plants are hard to come by.

How to set up your lawn and garden to succeed along the Colorado Front Range, where the sun is harsh and the air is dry.

During the summer, shady places become a welcome refuge in gardens. Colorado is known for sunshine, but shade in gardens can be found under trees and shrubs. Selecting plants that