CHARLESTON — Most trees sprout from the ground, grow tall and, eventually, fall. One downtown tree has had a different life cycle. After growing tall, this bald cypress was supposedly felled, drowned, ...

We have a bald cypress tree, and we were wondering if the needles from the cypress tree we are raking up now would be good for mulching. We know oak leaves are a good mulch, but are maple leaves also ...

In a past column I listed the bald cypress as one of the uncommon trees native to Indiana. I wrote so much about where it is found in our state that I ran out of space before I could describe what ...