Why You Don't Need To Worry About Winter Leaf Retention In Trees There's a poetic name for the phenomenon of winter leaf retention in trees, "marcescence." This word comes from the Latin verb "to ...

Trees that lose their leaves every fall are called deciduous. Trees that don’t lose their leaves are called everciduous. Pine trees, which keep their needles year-round, are coniferous.

Published: May 12, 2024 2:24am EDT As spring started springing, and leaves started to reappear on the trees, Robi-Jo wanted to find out why some trees lose their leaves and others don’t.

Walter Reeves explains why a river birch tree might be shedding lots of leaves and why a crape myrtle tree might be send up suckers.

Many deciduous trees put on a dazzling fall foliage display. But coniferous evergreens hold on to their needles and stay green. A biologist breaks down these different survival strategies.

If you grow and care for a magnolia tree, we want to help. So I spoke to some experts about why magnolia trees lose leaves, when it should be worrying, and what can be done to alleviate the problems.

Trees live their lives in the really slow lane, even when they are in danger. But this slow tempo doesn’t mean that a tree is not on top of what is happening in different parts of its structure.

Trees offer some hope in the face of climate change. What's more, growing research suggests these carbon-guzzling natural wonders deliver countless health benefits, too. But, while that's a boon ...

To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit trees need a pollinator and which don’t. — Jeffery Taylor ...

We don't really know why trees let this valuable molecule just evaporate off into the atmosphere. But we do know that trees release exponentially more isoprene the hotter it is.