While these plants are good for intruder-proofing your yard, they might not be ideal in homes with young children or pets ...

Q: We have an orange tree that is two years old that produced two oranges last year. Then it started to grow thorny shoots through the center of the tree.

There are kickboxers in the plant world that arm themselves with a sharp defence generally referred to as thorns. Planting thorny shrubs and trees can encourage foot traffic — including ...

Tree climbing school participants (from left) Chad Marks-Fife, Megan Schaap, Alaina Makowski and Emily Boes scan a pine tree for abnormalities in Cottage Grove, Ore., on June 14, 2023.