If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

As Colorado experiences its signature whiplash weather, arborists are warning that stressed trees are more vulnerable to pests and diseases. Peel back the bark, and you may find a predator in your ...

I use my line trimmer around my lawn edges, trees and deck. My wife read that trimmers can damage trees. Doesn’t the bark protect trees from damage? Line trimmers are a very handy tool for edging and ...

That piled-up look traps moisture and invites pests—here’s the right way to mulch.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bark beetles are dark flying insects about the size of a grain of rice that leave tiny holes in the bark and branches of trees.

Bucks can cause significant damage to young trees in the fall by rubbing their antlers on trunks. Male deer do this to clean their antlers of summer velvet from early September through November while ...

“I was at the Chicago Botanic Garden last week and saw some trees with what looked like plastic fencing around their trunks. What is this for, and should I do the same for my trees?” The trees you saw ...

If you’ve ever planted a young tree, you know how much care they need, especially when cold weather rolls in. Winter brings freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and sudden temperature swings that can ...

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 ...