As the season wears on, the white flowers of the seven sons tree give way to bright red calyces, producing what looks like a second blooming. The tree is a member of the honeysuckle family. (Submitted ...

If you live in a small house or apartment with a tiny patio, choosing a tree can feel like a gamble. You want shade, flowers, maybe even fruit, but you do not want roots lifting the floor or cracking ...

We’re well into winter and that means spring and the gardening season is on the horizon. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University ...

Much of the origin of the apricot is lost in time, with China, India and Armenia all having been thought at one time as the original home of this fruit; however, historical/horticultural studies have ...

Cooler weather and more rain make autumn a good time to plant fruit trees. While spring is generally considered the ideal planting time for fruit trees, if you didn't get around to it then, you'll get ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...

There never was an apple tree like mine! Last fall James Lawson, who with with his wife, Bernice, runs an apple nursery up at Ball Ground, promised me an apple tree to surpass even the apple trees for ...

Deena Jalal, founder of the local chain FoMu, is churning out vegan ice cream with fresh fruits and house-made extracts and pastry Regardless of the weather, we still scream for ice cream. Here’s a ...

What started as a fig tree with excess fruit has blossomed into one of Tallahassee’s most charming cottage food gems. Meet Single Tree Products — a local jam and granola operation run by one retiree ...

PINE GROVE – Despite the vast collection of trees represented at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, each species can be distinguished and identified according to different clues and particulars, even in ...