A welcome sight each spring, cherry trees provide some of the first blossoms of the season. Fragrant, single- or double-flowers cover the small tree’s leafless branches. There are two groups of cherry ...

Native trees don't always work for small yards, but this colorful cultivar is the perfect size, and its blooms will buzz with ...

Among the most brilliant of flowering trees are those in the Fabaceae, or legume, family of plants. Imagine, for example, a tree with long golden chains of five-petaled flowers, so profuse that they ...

Spring-flowering trees bring color and beauty to our late winter and spring landscapes. The earliest flowering types typically begin to bloom in late January or February (although they are blooming a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. white flowers of a catalpa tree With its huge heart-shaped leaves, showy spring flowers and long seed pods, the catalpa tree adds ...

This time of year, as we settle further into spring, marks the peak blooming time for flowering trees. In Louisiana, many flowering trees bloom during the months of February, March and April. Once ...

If you want to attract birds and butterflies without a lot of extra effort, consider growing an adaptable deciduous tree. Green hawthorn (Crataegus viridis) is a lovely native option for a wildlife ...

Almost every plant we eat has a flower, and flowering plants populate every corner of the planet. But many questions remain about how and when this vast group emerged throughout the history of life on ...

The ample rainfall recently has accelerated the return of greenery to Leon County. The slow, steady drizzle was punctuated by the occasional down pour. The many native plants have, in turn, responded ...

However, the Callery pear tree is becoming a nightmare for the environment. Cincinnati Parks posted about the threat this tree poses to the local ecosystem. "It's a non-native species, so it evolved ...