Other cut trees on the market this year are the firs, Mexican or Portuguese cypress, Monterey pine and spruce. Each of the common types of Christmas trees available has its advantages that should ...

Cypress knees are the peculiar things that grow up out of the roots of the bald cypress tree. These peculiar structures come in darn handy when the winds blow.

As to the problem with knees, most cypress trees planted in well-drained average landscapes do not produce knees. But once a tree starts, there is no way to make it stop other than removing the tree.

Rob Nelson won the prize of “Potential State Champion Tree” at the ReLeaf Michigan’s Big Tree Hunt. Nelson found a bald cypress tree in Grand Rapids, measuring 163 inches in circumference.