Leaves – Evergreen needles are 2 per fascicle; about 5” long; dark green; stout; rigid; sharply pointed. Twigs and buds – Opposite branching with waxy and resinous buds. Cones/flowers – A monoecious ...

Pines are the second largest taxonomic group of trees in Michigan, by volume, exceeded only by the maples. However, what makes a “pine” a pine? All that is “evergreen” is ...

Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) A crew member cuts smaller branches from the tree with a ...

Evergreens are the backbones of any garden during the winter and the largest green plant. So when I got a call from these wonderful, retired teachers in Nova a few years ago, I had to take a short ...

Evergreens are the backbones of any garden during the winter and the largest green plant. So, when I got a call a few years ago from these wonderful, retired teachers in Nova, I had to take a short ...

I have an Austrian pine and we trimmed the top to stimulate growth in the fall of 2008. It seemed to stimulate branching of the tree over the summer, but may have added an unsightly dense knot of ...