Juneberries (Amelanchier alnifolia) are easy fruit trees to grow. They are not fussy about soil type and don't need ...

The monsoon season is here. Whether or not we get rain is yet to be seen. However, even if we don’t receive the rain, we ...

I can keep my grass green around these pecans, but we would have a huge water bill if I tried to keep the trees fully watered ...

Despite the fact that my husband, Mike, and I deliberately decided we would not plant a garden this year, we still have an unexpected bumper crop of a different type. Although we raised very ...

Have you ever noticed a tree with branches that are cut back to its trunk and wondered what it means? Here's what's behind ...

When we think about trees, we often imagine them growing from the soil, but did you know that less than 10% of a tree's weight comes from the soil? The rest of the tree’s bulk comes from somewhere ...

In fantasy worlds, trees like the Lord of the Rings’ Ents are agile and mobile. In the real world, they’re slow.

Estimating individual tree structures from 3-D space may improve the biomass statistics of the urban forest and provide tree-level information for ecological studies. The existing delineation ...

Red maple oak, quaking aspen, weeping willows, and birch trees are some of the seven fast-growing shade trees that can make ...

During a particularly hot afternoon in June, my staff and I were walking a shaded trail at Garden in the Woods in Framingham ...

Warming global climate is changing the vegetation structure of forests in the far north. It’s a trend that will continue at ...

Black knot, a fungal disease, is affecting cherry and plum trees in the Greater Columbus area, likely due to recent wet weather. The disease causes hard, black knots on branches, disrupting growth ...