Trees are a must-have for natural shade in your outdoor space. And this fast-growing tree is the ideal species, giving you a ...

The river birch tree supplies excellent summer shade, beautiful foliage spring through fall and a stunning winter display.

Dear Master Gardener: We would like to plant a large shade tree with beautiful fall color to add to our landscape. Is a ...

As the tree matures, the bark transforms into sizable, dull gray or black plates. Winter unveils 3-4 pre-formed staminate catkins on shoots that blossom in early spring, complemented by yellowish to ...

In the expanse of Big Meadows, one of the most popular areas in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, stands a lone gray birch tree. It is a beautiful tree. It emerges from the ground with ...

July 12, 2023 ID That Tree: Paper Birch Purdue Extension Forestry & Natural Resources Strengthening lives and livelihoods.

Trees like alder, silver birch, hazel, oak and white willow are the stars of the catkin show. Male catkins steal the spotlight with their longer, showier appearance.

Garden writer Jeff Lowenfels asks whether there is more matter falling from birch trees late this summer than in previous years, ...

In this edition of ID That Tree, we’re going to introduce you to a native Indiana species, and that’s grey birch. It can be found in the northern part of Indiana near Lake Michigan. It can be defined ...

Trees such as alder, hazel and birch are known as “monoecious” – that means that both their male and female flowers grow on the same tree. Changing temperatures could result in a split in the timing ...