Pin oaks grow quickly in damp soil, providing shade and beautiful fall foliage. Here's how to grow one in your backyard.

Sometimes we get sidetracked with bunnies and baskets at this time of year. But we can get beyond those to see the beauty and ...

My favorite way of enjoying nature is to watch small changes unfold over the seasons, to visit the same tree for example, ...

Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot ...

Keep watering. Throughout the first two or three years of its life, the tree will need watering in addition to rainfall ...

Cottonwoods, along with related big-toothed and trembling aspens, are poplars — some of New England’s fastest-growing tree ...

Plant Medic columnist Ricky Kemery says mature trees such as oak or maples with larger leaves can make it tough for turfgrass ...

The last time these periodical cicadas emerged from underground was in 2008. Here's when and where to expect them in ...

Earth Day 2025, which falls on April 22, seems more urgent than ever. During the first three months of this year, United ...

We're all familiar with apples and pears, but there are many other fruit trees that produce edible fruit. Perhaps not as ...

In most cases it’s easy for homeowners to see when they need to hire an arborist. If a tree dies, you want it removed as quickly as possible, for a couple of reasons. If it starts rotting, it becomes ...