Red Horse Chestnut If you see a fully-mature red horse chestnut in bloom, you’re unlikely to forget it. It grows up to 30 to 40 feet, and in mid-spring will be covered with clusters of reddish ...

Birds are amazing little cheerleaders! They constantly brighten my days with their sweet songs and beautiful colors. They’re ...

Quick facts Apple trees need at least 8 hours of sun per day during the growing season. Two varieties are required for successful pollination; one can be a crabapple. Dwarf apple trees will start ...

Darling-58 sprouts, a transgenic American chestnut created by ESF researchers, grow in a nutrient solution. Darling 54, a ...

Once a towering presence in northeastern forests, the American Chestnut is making a quiet comeback in Brooklyn.

It’s something many chestnut tree champions in New York are hoping for, too. “I mean, it won’t be much, you know, I might not be around, but at least maybe they’ll all be planted,” he said.

The Aultman Watershed Association for Restoring the Environment, in partnership with Green Forests Work, recently planted more than 8,000 seedling trees, including 400 American chestnut trees, on ...

The Cape chestnut is a small to medium-sized growing tree native to the Cape region of South Africa. It is a member of the ...

Since most apple trees require cross-pollination, a crabapple tree, being botanically similar, can pollinate an apple tree — and vice versa — if they are planted within 100 feet of each other.

Codling moths—among the most common apple tree pests—can be deterred by planting parsley around the base of your tree. Zones: 3 to 11 Mature size: 12t o 18 inches tall ...

He fondly recalls his family's farm with chickens, goats and crab apple trees off Spring Run Road in Crescent Township, and remembers the late hours he put in at his dad's pizza shop in South ...