Providing the backbone of the garden in summer and a stark beauty in winter, small-leaved evergreens are invaluable. Hazel Sillver looks at the best plants to trim into hedging and topiary.

The answer is conifers. These graceful trees, which are typically evergreens, come in a huge variety of species and cultivars. Their most attractive features include that they have interesting growth ...

Conifer species of Mediterranean-type ecosystems (MTEs) are especially sensitive to coupled changes in climate and fire regime. Recently California’s MTE conifers have experienced elevated mortality, ...