Climate change has made chestnut a recommended tree choice because it is at this point not targeted by critters like emerald ash borer. This time of year, look up when searching for beautiful blooms, ...

It’s a blessing moving into a home, as I did 13 years ago, where the previous owners had been interested in the plantings. Hence a lovely hawthorn, flowering dogwood, flowering quince and a linden ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

Curt Laffin shows the flowers of an American chestnut tree in Mont Vernon on July 8. Credit: Courtesy of Arthur F Rounds Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news ...

While bold evergreens can add lovely blue-green shades to your yard, and many maples turn delightful colors in the fall, there's nothing quite like the burst of flowers from a flowering tree. If you ...

Scientists like to say that their work usually proceeds two steps forward and one step back. But sometimes that’s optimistic. Case in point: A scientific effort I’ve been writing about since 2010, the ...

MR. F. B. HUTCHINSON of 36, St. Aubyns, Hove, Sussex, writes that early in September in Luxemburg, he noticed that two horse-chestnut trees (sculus Hippocastanum) in the Place Guillaume were in full ...