Today's homeowners are gardening in smaller plots than their predecessors and finding it more difficult and expensive to care for massive shrub plantings that quickly outgrow their allotted space.

Common juniper, sometimes called dwarf juniper, is a low-lying evergreen with a bristly countenance. It may have the widest natural range of any tree, and is native to both Europe and North America.

The longer you spend time hanging out with plants, the more fascinated you become with atypical foliage. Of course, atypical is a relative term. I discovered a plant the other day whose foliage was ...