We buy live Christmas trees with the best of intentions, excited about the possibilities of decorating our living rooms for the holidays and our gardens for evermore. Sometimes, that's just the ...

One of the nice things about conifers is that they don’t dump leaves all over your yard in the fall. With the exception of larches, the bald cypress and dawn redwood, conifers — whose name means ...

Spring has sprung and gardeners are digging in. Got questions as you carry on? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. I find few sights as satisfying as a mature weeping willow at water’s ...

Northerners visiting South and Central Florida may be surprised to see so many pines and other conifers growing wild and dotting home landscapes because they consider such trees cold-climate species.

Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

For some unexplainable reason, everybody likes the look of a Weeping False Cypress. Well, almost. Weeping False Cypress has limbs that droop so sadly that they are apt to put you in a sombre mood. All ...