Clay soil is notoriously difficult to garden with. But it's still possible to grow an apple or pear tree in a clay-soil yard ...

I'm digging a hole to plant a new evergreen, and I've discovered that the soil is extremely heavy with clay. What could be added to the clay soil to make it conducive to good root growth?

I am doing some tree planting at home and wanted a recommendation on what to use to amend the soil that I fill the planting hole with to give the trees a good start. My garden has a heavy clay ...

This video shows how to successfully plant avocado trees in areas containing clay soil. Root rot disease and poor soil drainage is the number 1 reason why avocados fail and die but this method helps ...

Avocados are notoriously hard to grow particularly in heavy soil (clay). This video shows a great example of how to plant an ...

Should we amend the soil when planting trees, shrubs and flowers? It’s easy to take for granted, but what an impact soil has on our trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens.

A tree growing in USDA zones 5 to 9 will have the best chance of thriving, which of course means it has the best chance of handling clay soil well. And improving your odds is what growing in clay ...

It’s important that tree roots expand and establish in the native soil.Soil properties are extremely difficult to change with an amendment of any kind.

However, if you have to grow stone fruit in clay soil, you can elevate the trees and plant them into mounds made from a good soil mix. “The mix should be two parts clay or clay loam, two parts ...

These include girdling roots, planting too deep, digging too narrow of a planting hole, amending backfill soil and incorrect watering, usually overwatering.

In water-saturated soil, plant roots actually drown from lack of air. Since you have a lot of clay in your soil, you might want to consider making a raised mound of soil and planting the laurels ...

End of March is the beginning of the main planting season here in south-central Pennsylvania, a time when it’s fine to start planting most trees, shrubs, evergreens, and perennial flowers.