Although adding a tree to one's garden is a major decision, trees serve so many valuable purposes that I like to include them in this column from time to time. One of my favorites is the instantly ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Our present-day "living fossil tree" is nearly identical to leaves found in ...

Autumn's technicolor event, as far as trees go, has just about wrapped up its show. The ginkgo tree's bright yellow display was one of the last to be whisked away in autumn wind. As nature renders the ...

We got a good show of leaf color when late fall turned to early winter this season. That first flick of chill brought out the fire in sweetgums, Japanese maples, horse chestnuts and Chinese pistaches; ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows a ginkgo leaf in New Paltz, NY. In addition to their fan shape, leaves of ginkgo trees have a unique ...

“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that ...

The leaf color on the maples, oaks and hickories are outstanding. The ginkgo trees located near the new Bell Tower Park are culminating the season with a spectacular show of golden yellow foliage. The ...

Ginkgo biloba 'Troll' is a dwarf, spreading variety. The straight species may grow 100 feet tall; this one forms a mound perhaps 3 feet tall and wide so it can be grown in a small garden or a ...

"The tree that survived Hiroshima," "prehistoric tree," "living fossil"... Ginkgo biloba has been given many labels, not ...

DENTON, Texas — If you’re looking for the secret to a long life, the answer might lie in a tree. That’s what a distinguished research professor at the University of Texas is studying. In Richard Dixon ...

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