A reader asked the following questions about trees. No. 1: When hiking, I often see what appear to be several trees growing from a central trunk. What causes this? No. 2: At a local park an oak tree ...

Waiting until the leaves drop in fall is a rule of thumb for pruning shade trees, mainly because you can see bare limbs better, and the job is less “messy” without leaves attached to the cut branches.

Question for Dan Gill: Recently I had a large Shumard oak tree planted by a local nursery. In the process of planting, they damaged a small section (five inches by six inches) of the bark, about a ...

Beyond huge piles of concrete and asphalt debris at a site being cleared for development in Wauconda, a two-man crew has begun repurposing parts of the landscape that have been lost. Included is the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — An invasive beetle is laying its eggs in the nooks and crannies of oak tree bark in California, leading to an even deeper rooted issue. Goldspotted oak borers, otherwise ...

Q: I have a house in Houston. Does blooming of tropical trees like Bauhinia, Erythrina and Tabebuia depend on their age or size? I plant these trees in the ground. They freeze. They come back but they ...

When it strikes, sudden oak death (SOD) delivers a seemingly quick and inexplicable death to towering and formerly healthy trees. The loss to homeowners can be overwhelming. A mature oak tree with a ...

The Angel Oak Tree near Charleston is over 400 years old, with massive branches and a canopy so wide it feels like stepping ...