When you're considering adding trees to your outdoor space, you'll need to make sure to choose a compact option that won't damage your home or driveway.

According to gardening expert Tony O'Neill, Japanese maple trees are one of the best varieties in the maple family. "This ...

Japanese Maple trees are loved for their gorgeous color-shifting leaves, creating a magical-looking fall landscape. Here's ...

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This week, we introduce the sugar maple or Acer saccharum. This tree, also called hard maple, has simple leaves typically with five lobes, two smaller lobes at the base and three larger lobes at the ...

Q: I am planning a permaculture garden on my half-acre lot. I know it’s best to plant fruit trees first. Which fruit trees fare best in this region? I would love apple, peach, plum, cherry and ...

The trident maple produces small leaves with three large, pointed lobes (trident means three teeth). It is native to China and Japan. A nice tree for smaller spaces, at about 20 to 25 feet when ...

Where to plant your Japanese maple tree will depend on the cultivar you select. Smaller cultivars that mature at 6 to 8 feet can be used as foundation plants, in effect serving as large shrubs.

And many of the specimens seen in urban spaces are grown from a small number of seeds collected by early plant hunters, with only limited genetic diversity. Currently, 14 species of maple tree ...

Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a cousin of the magnolia, is absolutely stunning in spring when it’s fragrant, ...

We still use the same basic principles to make maple syrup. Here at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Heiberg Forest, we tap the sugar maple trees by boring a small hole in the trunk ...

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood ...