GIVE YOUR CURB SOME COLOR: Vivid colors, like the pinks and purples found in this backyard landscape are best used as accents in small outdoors areas. (Submitted Photo) “February is the uncertain ...

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Understanding the elements of color, texture and scale will bring you closer to achieving the landscape design of your dreams. The use of color is probably the most complex of the three, because it ...

Severe freezes this winter have left our landscapes less attractive than usual as we begin to move into spring. Tropical plants that might otherwise be contributing foliage are brown or have been cut ...

The bitter cold from a few weeks back took a toll on our cool-season color. Odds are that you’re about to make some significant upgrades to get ready for the growing season ahead. This is a fun topic, ...

The landscape in Greater Columbus can be downright dreary during the winter months. The vibrant and varied colors of flowering plants are long gone from much of the landscape, and the green turf is ...

Color is, and always will be, a personal choice. While some of us feel calmest when wrapped up in soft blue walls, others ...

It is an interesting time in the flower garden. Many cool weather annuals, such as snapdragons, dianthus, calendula, alyssum, ornamental kale and petunias, can be planted now, and at the same time, we ...

In the spring, beautiful beds of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus, snapdragons and other cool-season bedding plants are blooming in flower gardens. The peak blooming season for these plants is ...

When your home feels a little too loud - visually or energetically - interiors washed in cool colors can feel like a reset button. These soothing shades (soft blues, misty greens, and silvery purples) ...

You wake up and turn on the radio. You hear that the overnight low was 82 degrees. Yeah. It’s almost enough to make you hate Texas. But not quite. I grew up in this state, and I learned a long time ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. When your home feels a little too loud — ...