As winter begins to ebb in a few weeks, people will be thinking about landscape issues again. An unfortunate question I am sometimes asked is similar to this: “I lost my prized shade tree! What can I ...
Fruit trees are among the most beneficial plants you can have in your yard. Not only do they provide you with fresh, organic food, but they also support wildlife and add more visual interest to your ...
Trees provide essential structure to the landscape, and many also offer seasonal bursts of color through flowers or foliage. These fast-growing flowering trees help you quickly establish a landscape ...
Depending on where you live, you might need to take extra steps to protect plants from seasonal frosts and freezes. Some in-ground perennials can be protected with frost fabric, blankets, and other ...
The 100 Million Trees project uses the Japanese miyawaki method of tree-growing where thousands of trees can be planted close together in relatively small spaces Sunrise on the grounds of Glenstal ...
Virginia’s Department of Forestry strives to see many more native trees planted in the Commonwealth. For the second year in a row, they are willing to give money away to make that happen. DOF has $800 ...
You may know cloves as a common spice in your kitchen, but did you know that they come from a charming flowering plant that can be grown indoors? Clove (Syzygium aromaticum) is the dried, unopened ...
Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground ...
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Cutting down a tree can be quite an arduous undertaking, and how to kill a tree stump is a bit of a mystery. But if a tree is long in the tooth (or…branch?) and threatens to fall over, cut down it ...
To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens in—and sometimes outside of—their existing habitat. Joshua trees are lit ...
A tree nursery has said it is facing unprecedented challenges following recent heavy rain in the South. Hilliers in Hampshire has thousands of trees that cannot be planted because of the waterlogged ...