There are a number of efforts around the Valley to plant more trees — both as a way to help cool the air and to provide more ...

Planting more trees is often seen as one of the simplest ways to fight climate change, and it is. But a new study from UC Riverside shows that exactly where trees are planted matters just as much as ...

Planting trees helps curb pollution and fight climate change. But did you know that where you plant them makes a huge difference? New research from the University of California, Riverside, shows that ...

Landscape professionals may disagree on plenty, but one thing is more or less universally accepted: Late fall to early spring is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. That means we’re entering ...

When I lived in New York City, the view from my kitchen window was framed by a tremendous scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) who towered over the brick homes below — a 150-year-old remnant from before the ...

In the vast natural history of life on land, long before we people appeared, trees managed to get planted. They just let go of their seeds and natural forces did the rest. It is a hit-and-miss process ...

There is a difference between trees that grow in a forest and trees that grow in your yard. They may be the exact same species, but the tree growing in the wild among other trees will likely get much ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...

The San Antonio Botanical Garden is working to grow thousands of trees to replace those destroyed by the July 4 Hill Country flooding.

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