Franklin shipped the seeds to a man in Georgia. By 1784, they were spotted growing near Charleston, South Carolina. Young tallow trees can grow as much as 13 feet a year, allowing them to outcompete ...

In a culture obsessed with competition, it comes as no surprise that even our trees have been put to the test. In honor of Earth Month, celebrated every April, this series documents a handful of ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old ...

Free native trees will be available − one per household ... The trees come from a northern Georgia grower, Nichols said Tuesday. He picked trees that were "very hardy for Ohio" conditions ...