Adding one or two trees with red leaves to your plot is a wonderful way to introduce beautiful structure, ornamental detail and vibrant color to your plot. Planting a tree in your garden is a ...

Early October is a time of much color. The trees that have been here in full foliage since May now give us a superb show before dropping their food-producing leaves. Using chlorophyll throughout the ...

Everyone seems to go wild for sugar maples trees in the fall because, here in New England, their leaves turn wonderful colors — yellow, orange and, best of all, red. But some trees and shrubs have ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.

Autumn is a big time for trees. Many shed their leaves, and of course, before the leaves fall, they can turn brilliant colors. One of those colors has generated a lot of heated debate among scientists ...

Japanese maples should be showcasing vibrant colors this month, but without proper watering in July, these sensitive trees may lose their leaves too soon. Gardeners need to pay close attention to ...

It’s hard to imagine the winter holidays without holly and its shiny green leaves and cheery red berries. The use of holly as decoration has its origin in pagan culture but was readily adopted as ...

As we exit this wonderful month of September, we are surrounded by color. The phases of leaf color that began a month ago continue. Some of the trees with earlier change from green to yellow have ...

If your tree is already turning its leaves for the fall, it's probably not the seasons, it's stress. The first day of fall isn't until Sept. 22, but some trees are already starting to show off their ...