Strolling in my neighborhood the other day, I saw two trees with autumn foliage that I thought would have made the most compelling combination had they been planted side by side. One was a ginkgo tree ...

Once leaves have dropped in autumn, there is a great opportunity to examine the deciduous trees in your garden and determine if some pruning is needed. November through March is an ideal time to get ...

In my last column, I blabbed on about fall colors and how trees are silently but furiously working to survive and grow. This time I will address those questions that have been costing you hours of ...

I was just musing on this idea. Last year, in the northern Utah area, they had a very warm autumn up until about November. Then a very unusually wet, heavy snowfall came and because the trees had kept ...

We propose an alternative hypothesis to the handicap-signalling hypothesis, to explain the high number of specialist aphids on tree species having bright autumn colour. Since birch aphids actively ...

When deciduous trees begin to change leaf colors in fall in response to short day length and cool night temperatures, it induces the formation of an abscission layer at the base of the leaf stem ...

It’s one thing to drive along a quiet street and gaze at the explosion of rich colors that autumn leaves grace much of the nation as the trees begin their transition toward winter. It’s another thing ...