Every garden is a thing of beauty in the growing seasons — spring bulbs, summer flowers and fall foliage all carry on with extravagance. But winter is coming, so the colorful garden superstar… ...

Several trees offer bark with striking colors and textures. One such species is the river birch, Betula nigra. The bark of this tree exfoliates — or peels away in layers — to reveal shades of ...

In addition to the texture of a tree's bark, you can also pay close attention to the color and shade of a tree in order to identify it. Once you start looking, you'll find there's a lot more than ...

Bark textures are relatively uniform by tree species and make a great visual marker for broad tree identification. Textures are divided into at least 18 types, from smooth (beech) to spiny (locust).

THE GARDENER WITHIN: Tree-bark colors, textures ready for their close-up. Oct 12, 2012 Oct 12, 2012; 0; 1 of 2 Joe Lamp'l column mug. One of the most ... River birch (Betula nigra); ...

Gardener: Tree-bark colors, textures ready for their close-up. ... Fortunately, that's when one of the most overlooked features, tree bark, comes out for its season in the spotlight.

Gardener: Tree-bark colors, textures ready for their close-up. ... Fortunately, that's when one of the most overlooked features, tree bark, comes out for its season in the spotlight.

Gardener: Tree-bark colors, textures ready for their close-up. ... Fortunately, that's when one of the most overlooked features, tree bark, comes out for its season in the spotlight.

Bark characteristics will change on the same tree over time, too. The bark of a young red oak (Quercus rubra) is smooth and shiny, later becoming rough and corrugated. European white birch (Betula ...