An arborist can diagnose disease and pest problems, schedule seasonal treatments for trees, and selectively prune your trees in a way that will strengthen them rather than shortening their lifespan.

The growths you describe are suckers, which are new stems produced from the root system or base of the main stem (trunk). Suckers often grow at a much more rapid pace than the growing tips of the ...

Seven garden favourites respond best to careful February pruning in the UK; learn which trees to tackle now, plus key rules to protect wildlife and health.

Some trees are very prone to suckering when they're removed, like mulberry, locusts, and many invasive species. But, almost any species will produce root suckers when they're stressed, and disease and ...

Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from ...

Bitterly cold arctic air has blanketed parts of the United States over the last week, with some areas getting snow and subzero temperatures. Along with the cold weather comes a natural event called ...

Karen Wilson and Nancy Alford carefully picked apart bald cypress seed pods, releasing the triangular seeds inside, their blue gloves covered in sticky yellow sap as the piles in front of them grew.

Severe cold temperatures hitting much of the country this week could branch out − literally. As people brace for the winter weather, some social media posts in recent days have warned of the chance ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) -- As the Christmas holiday and celebrations wind down, the City of St. Joseph is offering a site to dispose of any live Christmas trees. From Friday, Dec. 26, until Saturday, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – For many, the holidays are a time to connect with family, but for thousands of Alabama children with an incarcerated parent, that’s not always possible. Nonprofit ‘Prison ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways it is.