Training one’s eye to identify trees is a fun way to connect with the world around us and can be useful for making home landscape selections. Trees are often identified using leaf shape and color, ...

One of the best ways to brighten up the dreary winter season is to add specimen plants now that will really pop then. Fortunately, most trees and shrubs that provide interesting winter bark will also ...

Gardeners who limit their love to leaves and flowers are barking up the wrong tree. Sure, those ephemeral features are undeniably seductive, but their allure is limited to warmer months. In the ...

Flowers provide color and texture. So does foliage. What is less often considered is that the bark of many trees and large shrubbery can be aesthetically appealing as well. Bark is usually thought of ...

The reddish gray-brown bark of the red oak tree with its darker vertical markings is one of the key features to identifying the tree in winter. (Clay Wollney) Leaves are the most useful and frequently ...

Nature’s cordage solution, strong, flexible, endlessly dependable. The post Why Bark Fiber Is One of the Most Reliable ...

He taught us to recognize the diamond pattern on hickory bark and reminded us to check whether branches were opposite or ...

The seasons are changing from fall to winter, and one of the major changes to the environment is that the deciduous trees have lost their leaves. Evergreen trees may still have green needles, but all ...

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