It’s garden season. All the trees, bushes and pretty flowers in my backyard look so innocent. But I have learned – the hard way – that they are out to get me. They are a well-organized crime family, ...

Flowering garden plants aren't the only way to attract bees to your yard. Trees, including this popular choice with fiery red ...

Have you ever sat beneath the branches of a stately weeping willow in full bloom in late winter? Or have you ever taken in ...

In springtime, the bold flowers of crabapple (Malus spp.) appear to usher in spring officially. These small trees are related to apple trees but are part of the rose family. More than 500 cultivars of ...

We have a problem with our lone Japanese Maple tree in our front flower bed. We think it has a fungus, and we're not really ...

But when you slow down to look closely, you’ll discover that all trees bloom. For most species, such as familiar maples, oaks, birches, their flowers tend to be subtle.

The porcupine, bored of its normal winter food, had been exploring and had found a tree full of nice, fresh flower buds. Although this required that the fairly sizeable mammal climb up into the ...

This is the amazing moment strong winds in Chiang Mai, Thailand caused cotton trees to shed their flowers onto a road on April 1. A stunned driver noted the flowers looked like snow as they fell.

Trees must reach a certain size before they are ready to tap, no smaller than 10-12 inches in diameter at chest height. Syrup makers usually use one tap for trees 12 to 18 inches in diameter, two ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...