When we think of a tree, we usually picture a single big trunk that divides into branches overhead. Yet sometimes trees may sprout small stems sprouting from the base of the trunk, down by the roots.

There’s no way a tree trunk tied into a perfect knot could possibly be real, right? Yet if you were to step close to this one and run your hand along its bark, you’d be hard-pressed to discover any ...

What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

Learn how to prune a money tree effectively to promote healthy growth, shape the plant, and keep it looking its best.

Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and communities provide shade, help reduce energy costs, clean the air we ...

Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

If you take a close look at some of the more established trees in your landscape, you may notice something you cannot seem to describe – it may look to you like a kind of fungus on your tree trunk. Is ...

It’s that time of year when new trees and plants are finding their place in our gardens. One of my pet peeves in gardening is seeing a tree that is planted too deep, and unfortunately, I see a lot of ...

Although they don’t spew ash or ooze lava, mulch “volcanoes” wreak their own kind of havoc. Mounded against tree trunks in sloping piles suggesting a miniature Mount St. Helens, too much mulch can ...

EARLY SPRING is the ideal time to plant a fruit tree. All fruiting trees that grow in the Pacific Northwest go dormant during the winter months. These trees most easily settle into a new home if they ...

Above: Lindsey Purcell (screenshot) from his Purdue Extension video, Tree Planting Part 1: Choosing a Tree, FNR-538-WV Arbor Day is the last Friday in April in Indiana; this year it is April 29. This ...