Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

Vitexes: These small trees put on a stunning display of purple flower spikes each May and June. A second flush sometimes ...

American holly trees can reach up to 40 feet tall but will keep a space-saving pyramid form. Now, when it comes to planting a tree, the process is simple. Dig your planting hole twice as wide as ...

People form a circle around a tree, sing, and then hang the offerings of toast onto the branches. The butler then pours cider on the roots of the tree and gives a speech followed by further ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

Vitex or chaste trees produce clouds of stunning purple flowers in summer. Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree summer-blooming shrubby trees that attract a wide variety of ...

Vitex chaste trees are beautiful and virtually carefree ... After about 6 weeks, roots should form. If more than one cutting has rooted, transplant the extra cuttings to separate containers.