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, ...

The photo is of a sycamore tree at Red-tail’s McVey Memorial Forest. A walk in the woods this time of year is different. It’s quiet and monochromatic. Other than the crunch of your shoes on frozen ...

A yellow house with dormant landscaping covered in snow. - LanaG/Shutterstock Winter can be a tough time for gardeners and lovers of beautiful foliage and flowers. With so much of nature lying dormant ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s raining and in ...

Take advantage of this barren season and plant deciduous trees with excellent bark color and texture. The luminescent bark on the trunk and limbs of the European Whitebark Birch (Betula utilis var, ...

Bark, berries, foliage and plant form contribute color and texture to the landscape at a time of year when they can best be appreciated – without the competition of flowers that may have overshadowed ...