It can be tough to grow trees or other plants in clay soil, which easily becomes compacted and waterlogged. Fortunately, this ...

A walnut tree can be a beautiful addition to your yard, but growing one comes with unique challenges. Learn what to expect ...

With the right variety, location, and care, you can successfully grow and harvest delicious cherries in your backyard.

The best time to prune most fruit trees is in late winter or early spring, says Boersma, while the tree is still dormant, but ...

Over the years, we have been conditioned to believe pruning, while there are leaves on trees, is a capital offense. Consequently, it has probably never crossed the minds of most home orchardists to ...

If the trees' growth is source-limited, then it's limited only by how much photosynthesis the tree can carry out and tree growth would be relatively easy to predict in a mathematical model.

As trees grow older and bigger, they bulk up faster and faster, researchers report January 15 in Nature. The findings revise scientists’ understanding of big trees’ role in stockpiling carbon ...

Old-growth trees in Tongass National Forest, which holds nearly twice as much carbon dioxide as the United States releases each year by burning fossil fuels, are embroiled in the politics of ...