* What it is: Just about everyone short of discerning horticulturists thinks the chaste tree is a butterfly bush when they see one blooming this time of year. It’s easy to understand because chaste ...

Can you tell me what this plant is? It is like a small tree and covered in purple blooms. The bees were going crazy. At first ...

Why do we here in Virginia see so many eastern red cedar trees along fence lines? Do they ever grow as large as they used to ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering.

COURTESY JENSEN UYEDA Rapoza mangoes filled a Waimanalo tree in December, after flowering was forced during summer’s dry conditions. The tree was pruned to stay small, making the fruit easy to pick.