Arbor Day has its roots in the 1870s, when the horticulturist J. Sterling Morton spearheaded a movement to green Nebraska’s largely treeless plains. Since then, citizens, businesses and governments ...

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

Place the stakes in the native soil surrounding the tree, spacing them equally. “You don’t want the stakes to be within the ...

There is an old adage that says the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the second-best time is today. That rings true in autumn in Greater Columbus as September and October can be the best ...

A team of researchers at the University of Vermont studied 605 plant nurseries across 20 states and found only 56 grow and sell seedlings in the volumes needed for successful reforestation efforts, ...

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Q: We are on the borderline between zones 3 and 4. We just purchased sungold and moongold apricot trees from a local nursery. The trees are potted but don't appear to have been pruned. I read some ...

I would like to add some native trees to my yard. I am also interested in adding fruit production to my gardening plan. What Missouri native trees would be appropriate for landscaping and also produce ...

UC Davis’ leafy trees impressed Nurjannah Wiryadimejo enough that they helped her decide to become an Aggie. “I’d never seen such beautiful tree-lined streets like the ones by the Memorial Union,” she ...

There’s a lot to love about trees. They filter the air, provide habitat, and cool down cities. The planet’s 3 trillion trees anchor complex ecosystems and suck up 30% of carbon emissions from burning ...