With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

Trees are nearly always selected for their flowers, foliage, or form. Yet, at this time of year, there is an often overlooked arboreal feature that may achieve sudden prominence in the garden. In ...

In the same vicinity is a corkscrew willow (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’). It’s hard to miss: Look for the dramatic profile of contorted, intertwined, spiraling grey-brown branches. Among the more ...

Hot temperatures occur every summer in Texas and can cause ugly scars on young smooth tree trunks. Sunscald is a physiological disorder that occurs on the lower part of the trunk on the southwest side ...