Landscaping is a crucial element of curb appeal, providing an attractive variety of colors, textures, and natural beauty. Good landscaping in the front of the home can even boost your house’s value.

A Spanish-style home in Long Beach, a Mediterranean-style house in San Leandro and a Craftsman bungalow in Los Angeles.

When planting a new tree in your backyard or front ... yards. When someone says, "I need a small tree for a small space," my first thought is always of Japanese maples. Why? These slow-growing ...

Idyllwild’s small downtown ... shower and more palm trees. The A.D.U., beside the pool, is laid out studio apartment-style. There’s an attached two-car garage at the front of the house.

"Your front yard is on fire, palm trees lit up – it looked like something out of a ... The entire building had collapsed, and a small playground slide sat half-melted in the back. "It’s devastating," ...

“Your front yard is on fire, palm trees lit up – it looked like something ... The entire building had collapsed, and a small playground slide sat half-melted in the back.

So far, the duct tape seems to be keeping the flicker away from its destructive front ... crabapple trees, Japanese maples, river birch and a corkscrew willow. Birdsong filled the yard.

"Your front yard is on fire, palm trees lit up – it looked like something ... The entire building had collapsed, and a small playground slide sat half-melted in the back. "It’s devastating ...

"Your front yard is on fire, palm trees lit up – it looked like something ... The entire building had collapsed, and a small playground slide sat half-melted in the back. "It’s devastating ...

City workers and celebrities, teachers and tycoons talk about what they lost in the Los Angeles fires — and how they’ll ...

A cold front ... on a palm tree trunk in Key West, Florida. With temperatures expected to plummet until January 12, iguanas may enter a cold, stunned state, causing them to fall from trees.

After authorities reopened parts of Altadena for the first time since the Eaton fire, residents returned to a grim ...