Pine trees can serve a variety of purposes in a home landscape, from acting as windbreaks to providing visual interest with their evergreen foliage. Though generally low-maintenance, pine trees can ...

Incorrect pruning, particularly topping, is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will ...

Q. I have several volunteer trees along my fence line. Can you tell me what they are and how to get rid of them? A. Many people send pictures of diseased plants and or weeds to our Master Gardener ...

In the search for eco-friendly alternatives to synthetic herbicides, researchers from Kyushu University, Japan, have ...

Q. We have some awful weed trees in our yard that have leaves resembling a walnut leaf. You see them all over the place along the side of the road. Do you know which tree this is? How can we get rid ...

Throughout Madison County, much of our forest is dominated by a tall, pale-barked tree that grows ramrod straight. Often called “yellow poplar” by loggers and sawmill owners, it’s also known as “tulip ...

A few years ago, a thin, rust-colored trunk grew up in the shade between a lemon tree and a tangerine tree in our backyard. It took me by surprise when I realized that trunk did not belong to the ...