A real Christmas tree doesn't have to be disposable. Choose the right variety, and your festive centerpiece can have a whole ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Spruce trees grow at either high altitudes in the southern Appalachians to ...

Norway spruce with long, swaying pineconesOn October 18th, I headed to Kaiseizan Park to photograph Norway spruce pinecones.

One of the dominant tree species in our Colorado Rocky Mountain subalpine forests is the spruce. A spruce is an evergreen tree or conifer belonging to genus Picea and there are about 35 species ...

A study has identified genes involved in development of stone cells -- rigid cells that can block a nibbling insect from eating budding branches of the Sitka spruce evergreen tree. The insect's attack ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

A study led by a North Carolina State University researcher identified genes involved in development of stone cells—rigid cells that can block a nibbling insect from eating budding branches of the ...