To encourage children to plant and care for one tree is a hand-off of a little responsibility, a gesture of hope. It is a ...

The leaf and acorns of the black oak are pictured. The acorn has a fairly deep cap. The massive tree comes with a deep gray bark. Leaflets ... It displays a yellow color in autumn.

‘The red color in the bark is bright and will stand out ... on a Redbud tree from PlantingTree.com. 8. Cork Oak (Quercus suber) This tree’s bark is as useful as it is interesting to look ...

Prairie and savanna prescribed fires can be good trouble if they’re carefully timed and controlled. Their purpose is to help ...

Paul Tinklenberg and three co-workers made a trip to Jordan, Minnesota, for a University of Minnesota Extension-sponsored event where they saw firsthand what an emerald ash borer infestation looks ...

Four to eight hours or less of sun is considered shady and can be full or dense shade, part shade, or light-filtered shade.

In a culture obsessed with competition, it comes as no surprise that even our trees have been put to the test. In honor of ...

Clockwise: Michael Greenstein examines the bark of a Chinese elm in his collection in Los Altos; A liquidambar, also known as an American sweet gum tree, that Greenstein is growing in a pot; Deadwood ...

Let’s go out to greet the first ephemerals before their brief exuberance concludes as trees leaf out.

Over the past 20 years, the Nigerian-born Nkanga, 50, has explored the idea of rock, and by extension the land that sheds it, ...