Plant the tree and backfill with the excavated soil, then top with 1 to 2 inches of compost. Tamp the ground to remove air ...

The red maple is a five-minute walk from the entrance of Mount Hope and can be seen if one knows what they’re looking for.

A: With vertical cracks in the bark along the trunk like that, I suspect those are frost cracks. These commonly happen in ...

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See photos of the family-oriented program Magical Maple Trees, focused on teaching the origins of maple syrup, at Piney Run Park Nature Center on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Five-year-old twin siblings Brenna ...

Many people travel to New England in October to see the wonderful fall color in the deciduous forests. A large proportion of the color is provided by maples, including the sugar maple, red maple and ...

Pruning is a key task when it comes to caring for Japanese maples, yet many gardeners are left baffled about how to do it ...

Ludington State Park’s “tree identification pathway” has 14 signs with fun facts about trees that line both sides.

Forest managers are increasingly willing to use prescribed burns for conservation. Some say the practice does more harm than ...

Question: we have several maple trees in our neighborhood afflicted with this black spot (see attached photo). What can we do to protect our maple trees? Anwer: while it is difficult to confirm a ...

The fall foliage season is a bit ahead of schedule this year — but that's not why maple trees all over the Twin Cities have been turning color and dropping leaves, weeks before official autumn. It's a ...