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How to Plant and Grow a Tulip Tree

Tulip trees offer year-round shade, beautiful flowers and stunning fall foliage. Consider growing this ornamental tree if it thrives in your region.
In Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler also answers reader questions about protecting dogwood shrubs and why carrots become forked while growing. A reader submitted this photo of a Frontyard Linden tree ...
LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...
Purdue Urban Forestry specialist Ben McCallister recently wrote about tips for tree care as we transition into autumn and winter.
Hellebores add color to winter gardens with cold-hardy blooms that thrive even in snowy conditions. Plant hellebores in fall or spring, ensuring that the roots have room to spread. Maintain moist, ...
Incorrect pruning, particularly topping, is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will result in extremely dense growth at the ends of the chopped-off branches. This ...
Growing lemon trees in containers isn't hard if you give them light, water, and good soil. Here are some tips for growing and caring for a lemon tree in a pot.
After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown shrub. This shrub, a western spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis), has ...
IF YOU RECOGNIZE HIM, CALL POLICE. A MASSIVE TREE FALLS, NARROWLY MISSING AN ELDERLY WOMAN SKY 5 OVER LINCOLN ROAD THIS MORNING. THAT WOMAN’S SON SAYS SHE WENT TO GO INVESTIGATE WHEN SHE HEARD THE ...