But I talk about the "irregular," I want to mention a few of the "regular" landscape maintenance issues for this time of year. If you haven't put out a pre-emergent or a fall application of fertilizer ...

Dear Neil: This oak tree is located on our church property. Is the old bark falling off due to its age, or is there a disease? A: Good question. It looks a bit like the radial shake we saw so ...

Cork oak, Quercus suber, is an evergreen oak native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa. This oak is known for its bark, ...

Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but they ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to yet another southern Indiana oak species. This one is a member of the broad white oak group and it’s called post oak. It’s called that ...

Trees are nearly always selected for their flowers, foliage, or form. Yet, at this time of year, there is an often overlooked arboreal feature that may achieve sudden prominence in the garden. In ...

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...