While the profuse show of brilliant white flowers of Callery pear ( Pyrus calleryana) might seem a welcome sight in the still ...

Callery pear trees, though once popular, are now illegal to plant, grow or sell in Ohio due to their invasive nature. The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely.

Imagine a backyard of trees with breathtaking pink flowers blooming each year. With these easy-to-grow tree varieties, it's ...

Privacy fences are fine, but they send a certain message to your neighbors. If you have a small yard, these trees might be a ...

It’s that time of year again, when the ground thaws, the days stretch a little longer and gardens begin to wake up. But along ...

The city of Herculaneum and a few other online sources have recently posted helpful tips for pruning Bradford pear trees.

I'm thinking of all the birds singing here in the springtime. It seems the earth has been resurrected, and everything is ...

Above: Beach plum is a beautiful spring bloomer that bees love. By George Christie Lovely perennial wildflowers are usually the first thing we think of when we consider enhancing the ecological value ...

Located along Interstate 57 and Illinois Route 13, the town is easily reached from Chicago (about 5 hours), St. Louis (about 2 hours), or Indianapolis (about 3 hours). This proximity makes Marion ...

Nestled in the rolling Ozark foothills where the Spring River flows clear and cool, Hardy, Arkansas, is the kind of place ...

By Linda GeistUniversity of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. – The flowering dogwood tree celebrates its 70th birthday as the ...

The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant ...