I should have known someone would want to know how to tell the gender of a female box elder tree: Hey, Answer Man! I was traveling south on U.S. 52 today and I noticed there's no longer an Apache Mall ...

What you're seeing are called box elder bugs. These guys don't hurt the tree really. They feed on the developing seeds of the plant. The problem with them is that they can become a nuisance, ...

The brittle leaves of our scarce prairie hardwood trees dropped months ago, so what are all the brown clusters hanging from the limbs of box elders? They’re seedpods, known as samaras, and they’re ...

Q I was cleaning out a flower bed around my maple tree and the leaves and weeds were just crawling with some kind of red bug, hundreds of them. What are they? Are they doing anything to my plants or ...

The box elder tree had plans for spring. Sometime in late summer, when I couldn't see the twigs for the leaves, the tree formed buds for next year's leaves. This year's leaves must have felt slighted, ...

Most young fruit trees need at least a few years of growth before they're mature enough to bloom and set fruit. The male flowers on a Sensation box elder add color and beauty to the spring landscape.

One of the timeless commandments of the plains is that ye shall not cut down a living tree, and I obey this dictate both out of respect to open-country homesteaders and a love of shade.

Box Elder's Arbor Day Tree Planting has been postponed to May 4 2 p.m. at Creekside Park. The event was delayed because the trees did not arrive in time, due to the recent weather.