Reviewing the wild world of evergreens can help gardeners and homeowners care for and maintain their landscapes.

Evergreen trees and plants are those that, in general, keep their green leaves year-round. They eventually do drop their leaves, but it's usually in the spring. Deciduous plants are perennials ...

Why Do Trees Lose Their Leaves? Trees typically lose their leaves seasonally before the winter to conserve water and energy ...

Evergreen trees generally drop their leaves yearly, but usually in the spring rather than fall as deciduous plants do. Some evergreens such as live oaks may even be bare for a short while.

Contrary to popular belief, most deciduous trees, those that drop all their leaves in autumn, are not as messy as most evergreen trees. There are, of course, a few exceptions, such as cacti that ...

Question for Dan Gill: There have been tons of leaves falling from the live oak in the yard of the house I just moved into. What gives? I thought live oaks were evergreen. — Elizabeth Naquin ...

Evergreen conifers – cone-bearing trees – retain their foliage year-round and have a different strategy for withstanding winter’s stresses. Return on investment in leaves ...

Second, evergreen trees invest more resources per leaf to make them tough enough to last longer and survive cold winter temperatures and drying conditions. With both strategies, there is a trade-off.

Deciduous tree leaves turn color in the fall and drop, but did you know that the needles on evergreen trees do too? Although most conifer (cone bearing) trees are considered to be "evergreen ...

Evergreen trees first came from cold climates. (But you can find many in warm tropical rainforests too.) They have very strong leaves rolled up tight, like long, thin needles.

So, leaves turning yellow in evergreen trees and shrubs can occur due to a wide variety of issues. Unless something suggests otherwise, however, the yellow, ...