When early gardeners first brought tree of heaven to the United States, the country itself was less than a decade old. In the ...

During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I encountered something rare and exciting: hundreds of red mangrove seeds scattered across the shoreline. These long, torpedo-shaped seeds ...

I wrote recently about pollinator-friendly plants and, in response, an email from Susan Savolainen, who gardens in Banning, ...

Looking for fast-growing trees that can tolerate shady conditions? Consider these species that thrive in partial or even full ...

Prior to the European colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans harvested the wood of redbud trees to construct ...

Symptoms of climate change include extreme heat, drought and extreme weather, all of which can significantly impact plant ...

Longtime residents like Schmidt have fond memories of the redbud that was on the lawn in ... “They went and got seeds from that old tree (on James Street) and took them to McCay’s to propagate ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about caring for amaryllis, gardenias, gerber daisies, tomatoes, azaleas, orchids ...

Iowa's silver maples and silver maple hybrids produced a surplus of seeds this year, likely as a response to several years of ...

Extension developed a list of native trees expected to thrive 50 -100 years from now; volunteers journal observations to offer clues for how species might fare north of current growing zones.

This week I want to talk about the beautiful Eastern Redbud Tree (Cercis canadensis ... This refers to the seed pod resembling the size and shape of a weaver’s shuttle used to move thread ...

The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely ... White eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) is a medium-sized tree with a mature height of 15-25 feet and a stately ...