Q. I live on the Western Branch Reservoir and I’m seeing the shoreline deteriorating. The city of Norfolk put up some no-wake floats, but boaters ignore them. I grew 40-plus bald cypress seedlings in ...

Question. Rose bushes in our yard are tall, with few leaves and blooms. When should I do the trimming and how much? Answer. Just about a week away, mid-February is considered the best time to perform ...

* What it is: A dwarf and slow-growing version of the popular Southern bald cypress, a U.S. native conifer whose soft, flat, green needles turn a beautiful russet color in fall before dropping. It’s ...

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Louisiana Super Plants program, an educational and marketing campaign that highlights tough and beautiful plants that perform well in Bayou State landscapes ...

Fall is a time when the color of the leaves on many trees start to change, a phenomenon caused by the shift in production of pigments within the plant. Most plants produce primarily chlorophyll ...

Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come. - Karen Joy Fowler Author Karen Joy Fowler has it right. When it comes to "immortal" trees in Illinois and the Eastern U.S., none have ...