Dwarf trees are ideal for adding structure and interest to small spaces. While gardening in compact yards might at first seem ...

These small conifer trees for birds provide food and refuge in all seasons. These varieties are perfect for small landscapes.

I have heard from a few residents who live in subdivisions where they are beginning to remove all the large trees (oaks, magnolia, etc.) because they are causing damage to the sidewalks or filling up ...

When you have a smaller space and still want a shade tree, here’s a list of those that are best suited to our North Texas conditions.

In Louisiana, January tends to be a cool (this year frigid), wet (including snow last week) month, providing ideal conditions for planting trees. By April, things are already warming up here, and it’s ...

The dinosaurs and I grew up when home lots were much larger. We thought nothing of planting live oaks and letting them spread as far as they wanted. Their 75-foot wingspans were no problem at all. But ...

May’s derecho blew off about half of the red maple in Matt Weaver’s front yard. The branch fell on his wife’s Jeep, although the real hurt was more sentimental. The Weavers, who live in Houston’s EaDo ...

In a recently published paper, PhD student Ellen Waddle and her coauthors provide some clarity on a decades-old problem When researching what drives the growth of small populations, ecologists ...

A rare fossil plant reveals how early plants moved water and food, helping to explain the secrets of tree growth.