I’ve had a long friendship with this tree species. My first recollection of it was while still a small boy, seated outside on a summer morning on the porch and crushing its bright green leaves in my ...

The lawn of our new home has a lot of these prickly balls, and more are still on the tree they fell from. I’m worried about them killing the grass. How do I deal with this? Sweetgum balls, the seed ...

Q : This young tree just showed up in my yard (see reader's photo). Do you know what kind it is? A : It looks like a small sweet gum tree. They are beautiful trees in the fall, but they will produce ...

You don't have to be a trained arborist to notice that certain trees have unique traits that can help you identify them. Spiky, round seed pods are one giveaway when you're trying to figure out which ...