Looking for relief from the sun? These seven fast-growing shade trees are perfect for creating a cooler, more comfortable backyard in a short time.

Add ambience, color and fragrance to your backyard with these pool privacy plants and relax in your very own oasis. A ...

For some trees, winter does not mean a complete cessation in photosynthetic activity or growth. Quaking aspens store chlorophyll beneath their bark (particularly in younger trees), this is what ...

Given that aspen, like all Scotland’s native trees, has been greatly reduced from its previous distribution, this raises the question of whether we might have had aspens as large and old as that ...

A forest of quaking aspen trees in Utah, called Pando, has been confirmed to be incredibly old. It is estimated to be between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. This makes Pando one of the oldest living ...

DNA samples from one of the world’s largest and oldest plants — a quaking aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) in Utah called Pando — have helped researchers to determine its age and revealed ...

Life World's largest tree is also among the oldest living organisms DNA analysis suggests Pando, a quaking aspen in Utah with thousands of stems connected by their roots, is between 16,000 and ...

Over the weekend I walked through a stand of quaking aspen trees and I let out a sigh. I was in a zone where the flickering leaves could be heard sparkling in the breeze. One of my favorite sounds.

Quaking aspen is found south in Mexico, north in Canada, and much of the United States in between. Among the states, a U.S. Forest Service report notes aspen density is greatest in Colorado ...

Both quaking and bigtooth aspen have catkins that release seeds attached to cotton-like material that floats in the wind. This past spring, we seemed to have a banner year for aspen cotton.

This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named for those leaves that flicker in the breeze, twinkle in the sun and stir our souls. Maybe you didn't know that about the name ...