The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

Their study analyzed three groups of trees over the last two decades. Scientists make astonishing discovery about how trees have memories — here's the one that helps them survive first appeared on The ...

Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

In extreme conditions, no amount of brush clearance can guarantee protection. Indeed, too much clearing can in fact leave ...

If you saw a plan that’s already cut down 200,000 trees, with millions more in the crosshairs, you might think it’s an ...

SNOW PEA PICKIN': Pick snow peas in the vegetable garden frequently. Ideally, the pods should be harvested when flat before ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a tree makes in a few thick branches versus many thin ones. Trees have evolved ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

As the winter’s snow melts away, spring chores and promises slowly take shape and gardeners begin sharpening and oiling their pruning tools. Is late winter and early spring the best time to ...

Wildlife expert Doctor Éanna Ní Lamhna has said that Monaghan and Cavan are the last counties to see green leaves on the ...