Yet the tree has a dark side that haunts many, including reader Shane in Lakewood, who writes, “My question to you is regarding adding black walnut tree leaves and fruits to my compost pile.

Tree-ring increment cores collected from bigcone Douglas fir trees growing on Mount Pinos in Southern California. Each growth ring is a couplet of light colored spring wood and dark colored summer ...

Those who are struggling during the winter solstice might take comfort in how our local trees cope with this dark and cold period. Read all of Susan Brownstein’s gardening columns here. Sap, the ...

F. D. Richards / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0. Dark green, glossy leaves emerge later in the spring than those of most plants, just as the flowers are at peak bloom. This differs from Chinese fringe tree ...