Purdue Landscape Report: Trees stressed by prolonged drought are more subject to attack by boring insects. This article provides tips and a video link on how to manage pines for borers. Record ...

Purdue Landscape Report: I think white pines are beautiful trees, especially at maturity, and they have the added advantage that they are one of the few conifers that don’t try to kill you with their ...

Jim Etzel will teach the “whys” and “hows” of tree seed saving, and ways to harvest/transplant native perennials and shrubs ...

Answer: Yes! Swiss Stone Pine (Pinus cembra) is an excellent landscape evergreen! It is a lovely, slow-growing European pine tree with a dense, compact, and pyramidal habit of growth. It keeps its ...

Q: What is your opinion of pines as landscape trees in our desert climate? We have quite a few planted in our complex and our HOA is discussing whether we should get rid of them or not because of ...

As you looked out the windows of your house this winter at all the dormant and barren deciduous trees in your landscape, perhaps you thought that a little green would be a nice addition this year. But ...

Editor’s note: Landscape Confidential is an occasional column by Audrey Clark, a curatorial assistant at the Pringle Herbarium at the University of Vermont. It’s a hulking, dark tree. Its trunk is ...

Longleaf seeds have a long way to fall, and they don't seem in a hurry. I saw the young ones fledge this past weekend, like young birds pushed out of their nest. They spin down like a top, like a ...

A new herbicide may be taking the green out of many evergreens. Thousands of eastern white pines and Norway spruces across the country began dying and showing damage this year, and a key suspect in ...

After Hurricane Matthew Saw Palmetto plants quickly began sprouting new growth one month later. FORT MYERS, Fla. – Selecting appropriate landscape plants is critical to minimizing damage from ...