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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metal color wrapped around palm tree trunk - martinpixel/Shutterstock Whether you live in a ...

What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

One of the costliest losses in the landscape is when an animal destroys or disfigures a new tree. A new tree can easily cost $100 these days for even a small one, and they’re particularly vulnerable ...

After last week’s column on transplanting 8-year-old plum trees was published, City of Las Cruces Community Forester Jimmy Zabriskie contacted me about another important consideration: sunscald.

A reader asked the following questions about trees. No. 1: When hiking, I often see what appear to be several trees growing from a central trunk. What causes this? No. 2: At a local park an oak tree ...

Whatever allure trees might hold, they also have scads of data stored within their trunks. Daniel Griffin, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota, recently published “This ...

I can’t decide when to cut English ivy off my trees — spring or fall. I know it’s invasive and lately I see it everywhere, but I’m not looking forward to seeing brown ivy hanging on my tree trunks. It ...

Question: We have a lime and avocado tree. Do I clear the sod out from underneath the trees and, if so, how much to remove? Answer: Many gardeners may remember the spaces of clear soil under citrus ...