Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

A number of readers have inquired as to the status of garden soil or landscaped ground following a fire.

An area on the outside of a tree trunk that appears to be stained white or looks wet during summer is likely bacterial ...

Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.

With most trees and shrubs virtually naked this time of year, there can often be few observable signs of life among the ...

In maturity, the basswood develops a pyramidal shape and can grow to 80 feet high and 50 feet wide. The heart-shaped leaves ...

Aaron Moen of Dassel is a retired Cornell University professor who spends his winters in Minnesota and likes it. He began his career as a wildlife ecologist, focusing on the physiology, nutrition and ...

When you've always known deciduous trees to drop their leaves in winter, seeing one that hasn't can be unsettling. Here's why ...

In northern Uganda’s Pader district, farmers are working to preserve agricultural landscapes that have fed their communities ...

The Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic can provide information on scale insect control, urban tree care, and other horticultural problems.

The Arbutus tree has so many wonderful attributes; it's no surprise this fruiting evergreen is gaining popularity amongst ...

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...