Paired with the proper planter, a tree can become a living sculpture to artfully transform your garden year-round. Mr. Pascoe matches petite trees with new-to-market planters to make the most of both.

New prices: A few artificial plants are on sale right now — the Gracie Oaks 28-Inch Faux Lemon Tree is 56 percent off; the West Elm Faux Potted Rubber Tree is 23 percent off; the Williston Forge ...

This is a small lilac -- normally a tidy, rounded, 3-foot-tall lavender-flowered shrub -- that is grafted on a standard (an understock plant that is grafted about 3 to 5 feet up the trunk instead ...