Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The disease attacks both hardwoods and softwoods and can kill shrubs, vines, ...

Pine weevils (Hylobius abietis) are a major threat to the successful establishment of conifer seedlings, particularly in boreal and temperate forests. Their feeding on the basal parts of emerging ...

When you think of conifers, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far more fascinating than you may have realized, as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO – The USDA Natural Resources ...

A huge set of overgrown conifer trees at a GP surgery car park are to be cut down after neighbours complained. The enormous leylandii, looming over a row of houses in Skelton, led to a formal ...

We buy live Christmas trees with the best of intentions, excited about the possibilities of decorating our living rooms for the holidays and our gardens for evermore. Sometimes, that's just the ...

If conifer tree planting is on your late winter or early spring to-do list, there are some things you can do to improve your success. When it comes to planting conifers, timing is everything, ...

Martha Case gestures at a group of trees, pointing out examples of the homely, the exotic and the oddly rare. “There is an Alaskan cedar that’s weeping right there. There is a ginkgo. We have a ...