The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

If your yard could use more shade and needs it pronto, here are some of the best fast-growing shade trees to plant in the ...

The trees exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen with the atmosphere through little “mouths” in their leaves and tiny “windows” in their bark.

Street trees usually grow in appalling soils, have little space for their roots, are rarely watered and often get ...

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By John Green, Certified Texas Expert Gardener, Orange County, TX It was almost a ...