Perhaps best of all, the tree is a great survivor. Though it’s susceptible to fire and ice, Eastern red cedar can live more than 800 years and reach mammoth proportions, growing 50-feet tall and ...

The Eastern red cedar is a popular Christmas tree in the southern U.S., where it is a native species. ... Its needles are a dark, shiny green color and sharp and prickly to the touch.

Some trees looked like they had been browsed upon by wild goats and deer. On those trees, the lower 8 feet (2.5 meters) had more prickly leaves, while higher up the leaves tended to be smooth.

One of the appealing features of prickly pears is that they provide color in the garden twice a year — when they come into flower in the spring, and again when their colorful fruits appear in ...

Prickly holly leaves are a traditional Christmas decoration, from wreaths adorning homes, to greeting card scenes. Yet, look closer at a holly tree and while some leaves are prickly, others are not.

Growth is similar to tree-form crape myrtles to 12 to 15 feet tall. Medium-sized orange or red berries are found on female plants only. The variety “Warren’s Red” has larger, redder fruit.

If you see a backyard in Australia with a prickly pear tree, you can almost guarantee a Maltese or Italian migrant lives there, says Camilleri, who grows trees with red, yellow and white fruit ...