RED MAPLES: These trees (Acer rubrum) are native across the eastern U.S., including the Northeast, where they turn such beautiful colors. The Drummond or swamp red maple, Acer rubrum var.
The bark of sugar maple typically has a light to medium gray color, but its appearance is variable and somewhat confusing. It can range from relatively smooth on saplings to minor crevices and ridging ...
Large limbs are dying in several of my 15-year-old trees. I understand others are seeing the same red maple issues. As they decline, I am replacing them with native black gum (Nyssa sylvatica ...
Japanese maple trees are at their most beautiful in autumn due to their rich red and orange leaves - and are extremely easy to care for as long as you know the best time to prune them.
Blazing red maple trees and mustard-yellow ginkgo leaves can be found around the Kumogata-ike pond, which features a beautiful fountain inspired by the crane, the Japanese symbol for good luck.
With their broad, hand-sized leaf and a color range including brilliant reds and oranges, maple trees stand out in the autumn landscape, even as the next round of trees (including aspens ...
Sugar-makers rely on a “freeze and thaw cycle” to tap the maple trees. Sap flows when temperatures ... and one gallon of syrup from a red maple requires 65-80 gallons of sap.
Then again, young women used maple trees for divination. This curious practice is referenced in the lyrics of an old Polish folk song: Like maples, spruces were also considered helpful in predicting ...
In the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, maple trees feature orange and red leaves, while quaking aspen and larch trees have yellow leaves. Maple trees include sugar maple and red ...