Trees are important landscape components that grow slowly but often outlast most other plants. They offer visual height, shade, and a habitat for birds, and well-planted trees could very well outlive ...

You can grow trees in the summer—but they require additional watering, special care, and attention. Certain types of trees, like black tupelo and Mediterranean hackberry, are better suited to summer ...

Planting a tree involves more than just digging a hole and dropping it in. Proper techniques can help a tree grow stronger and live longer. Fall is the ideal season for tree planting because the ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – People love trees, except when they get uprooted in a storm, or their branches snap, falling on power lines and leaving homes without electricity for days. That happened in a big way ...

Let's hear it for September and the promise of cooler weather. Granted, the daytime temperatures still tend to scorch, but the overnight temps are cooling off. Which means it's time to plan your ...

While Penn State Master Gardener Susan French, center, holds the trunk of a young tree steady, Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center horticulture students Sa’rai Clark, Ashley Rodrigues and ...