We like to see color and life everywhere in the garden, which often leads us to plant in the area beneath our trees. If you choose and plant carefully, a tree and a garden can happily co-exist. After all, most trees grow among other plants in nature. But it's also easy to do harm to a tree by planting in its root zone, and if you choose the wrong plants, they will have a hard time surviving. The worst thing you can do is plant annuals ...