Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Considered a must-have decoration for many who celebrate Christmas and open gifts with loved ones each year, the Christmas tree's ...

Ginkgo tolerates a wide range of rough conditions such as downtown urban sites, smoky areas, air pollution and confined root system spaces. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor I have one of the ...

The 400 50-foot pine trees near Gryfino, Poland, which are believed to have been planted in the early 1930s, bend sharply at the trunk in a manner that has scientists baffled. If the structure was the ...

Silver buttonwood fruits were used to create this silvery themed lei at this year’s Lei Day in Kapiolani Park. Weissich found a flat of seedlings. Some were green and some were silvery. One keiki ...

The holidays are officially here, which means many will be propping a real or fake Christmas tree up in the home. That is, if they haven't already. So here are some facts about Christmas trees (real ...

The benefits of trees are abundant. Trees filter the air, produce oxygen, save energy, preserve water, and provide shade and even food. It's easy to take them for granted, since there's one on every ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you live in Ohio, the term “buckeye” is ubiquitous.

With the recent storms in our area, and more that are yet to come, I've been thinking quite a bit about how trees in general, and Big Country trees specifically, deal with winds and other facets of ...

Most of us enjoy the beautiful colors of fall, but not everyone may know what causes leaves to change.There are three colors or pigments naturally produced in leaf cells: green from chlorophyll, ...

Do you like trees? Of course you do! Yesterday, the City Council’s parks committee held a hearing on New York City’s street trees. Here are some fun facts about trees. 3. It takes a lot of work to ...