Jake “The Tree Geek” McWhorter is back in the studio to give us another lesson on the trees we want to plan in our yards and ...

Avocados are delicious on toast and can be an edible asset in your garden. So, which type of avocado tree grows best depending on where you live?

There will be lots of good shade trees for sale, including several kinds of oaks. The White Oak is a magnificent tree with its classic “oak leaf” shaped leaves, shaggy gray bark, and its ...

When considering shade trees for landscape use, such staple native species as maples, oaks, elms and hornbeams come to mind. Another serviceable choice is the American linden (Tilia americana).

If you're planning a landscape refresh this year, why not add a little bit of deliciousness by planting a few nut trees? Not only will your new tree be an excellent source of shade and look great, but ...

Arizona State University is leading an effort to create neighborhood shade plans for Phoenix communities and train the workforce needed to support green infrastructure across the metropolitan area.

A $60 million plan to plant 27,000 trees and build 550 shade structures proposed by the Office of Heat Response and Mitigation passed unanimously by the Phoenix City Council.

A row of palm trees stand like toothpicks. Shade trees are rare in this neighborhood, and playgrounds even less so. For many years, the Castellanos schoolyard was like most in the city: big and bare.

If repeated attempts to establish turf from seed of shade-tolerant grasses like fine fescues have failed, consider converting the area under your trees to mulch, which should be beneficial to ...

50 years ago, Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners wanted fast growing shade trees. Now we look for quality and plants adapted to climate and soils.

For the past 30 years I’ve boiled my list of recommended large shade trees for North Central Texas down to seven: live oak, Shumard red oak, Chinquapin oak, bur oak, pecan, cedar elm and Chinese ...

Tree longevity depends on species, but oaks can live 1,000 years, and some shade upwards of 1,500 square feet. But trees that grow that old and big don’t work everywhere.