If you still want to plant this tree and don't mind the mess, you'll need to pick a good spot. Eastern white pine trees thrive in full sun and partial shade in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 7 ...

Since trees and shrubs can live for hundreds of years, identifying these blue rings allows us to spot cold summers in the past. By looking at pine trees ... in Frontiers in Plant Science.

But the Pine resident has keen observational skills that came into play when he recently spotted what appeared to be a stand of trees in North ... about the star while growing up but never saw ...