If you have cleaned up the vegetable garden and cut back your perennials, you might be feeling just a little smug — especially since this gardening guy admits he is behind you in completing those ...

It started with squalling tires and a big bang. Someone going too fast missed the 90-degree corner below our neighbor’s house and plowed head on into his 50-year-old silver maple. The driver didn’t ...

When fall’s cold nights kill the flowers and cause so many of our trees and shrubs to drop their leaves, the bareness shines our focus on what’s left – for one thing, tree trunks. Trunks and their ...

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Q: We have a beautiful Autumn Blaze maple tree with a split trunk bark. We’re wondering if it’s dying and if there is anything to be done to save it. We’d sure appreciate any advice. — Cliff and Nancy ...

A large tree and a beautiful rose were gone in my landscape over the years. The tree was an October Glory Maple (Acer Rubrum) ...

Q: We have a problem with our lone Japanese Maple tree in our front flower bed. We think it has a fungus, and we're not really sure if we can do anything to save it. We noticed it a couple of months ...