Imagine this embarrassing scenario: There's a knock on your front door. You open the door to encounter not your all-too-friendly internet salesperson but two serious-looking officials with clipboards ...

Part of organizing a truly great garden means planning ahead for seasons to come. In fact, while some take the first signs of turning leaves as a sign to pack it in for the year, experienced green ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Sugar maple is not just a northern U.S. tree. You can find sugar maple from ...

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Flowering trees make for a stunning centerpiece in any yard. They not only signify the arrival of different seasons with colorful, vibrant blooms, but they also lend sweet aromas and a sense of whimsy ...

Fruit and seed production in plants, crucial for reproduction and evolution, is influenced by various factors. Alternate bearing in trees, like apple and dogwood, involves fluctuating fruit production ...

With the advent of Memorial Day, the treescape in the Northeast has turned mostly green again, the ornamentals’ early spring flowers long dried and scattered. But there’s an exception. The vivid pink ...

Libby Monteith Minor is the Copy Chief for Southern Living, where she's worked for over 20 years. She edits and researches stories on everything from travel to food, home, garden, style, pets, and ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...