Invasive plants are highly opportunistic and they don’t need much help from us to thrive, writes gardening columnist.

You also need to be aware of the potential size your tree will grow to and whether it's self-fertilising. Self-fertile trees will produce fruit without the need for another tree to pollinate it.

First on the list of easy-to-grow trees is the crabapple. This beauty’s spring blossoms are often so lavish that they hide ...

The tree that goes by toromiro has been a fragile expat for more than a half-century. Little Sophora toromiro, is far from ...

Trees have many interesting features and uses, but it's perhaps their height that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a lot of cool tricks, but we'll never grow to be 35 stories tall.

Persian lilac or Chinaberry (Melia azederach ... The key to successful cultivation of a mayten tree is to simply let it grow; pruning is an afterthought and may be put off for years as it reaches ...

"They could do the same with forest management." Fay and Holm started their walk at the southern end of the forest, where the trees grow in scattered holdings and groves in the Santa Lucia Range ...

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Leaves die during the winter months. If those dead leaves stayed on the trees, and new, working ones didn’t grow in their place, the trees would have no way of processing food for themselves.

Q: Mushrooms suddenly appeared on my tree’s trunk. How can I treat them to protect the tree? A: Unfortunately, you can’t treat mushrooms growing out of wood, and the fungal growth that ...