Forests provide myriad benefits, including timber, wildlife attraction, local cooling and climate resilience. At the ...

Planting a tree is an investment in a future with more beauty and shade, less air pollution and flooding, and many other good ...

Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1 trillion trees this decade in an ambitious effort to slow climate change ...

A cold-hardy banana tree with maroon striped leaves, a snowbell tree that reblooms, and several more ever-higher-performing hydrangeas are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

A hydrangea with dark leaves, a mock orange that reblooms, and an inkberry holly that solves the “bare-legs” problem are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the market for the 2024 ...

This native tree has multiple common names tied to its blooming period, berry production and historical significance for ...

There's just something about those first few peeks of vibrant color on a bush or tree that signal the official start of warmer seasons. And while, as a gardener, you're spoiled for choice as to what ...

The strangest response I’ve had from a reader occurred years ago when a gardener scolded me for describing a plant — I don’t recall what it was — as a shrub. He was upset because his specimen had ...

On Newport's south side, historic and opulent mansions sit on an avenue with mature trees that help cool the neighborhoods, ...