Japanese maple trees are known for their stunning autumn foliage, but gardeners need to protect them through winter to keep ...

For polygamo-dioecious plants, some individuals in the population will have flowers of both sexes on the same plant. Most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the living world, from microbes to ecosystems. Many animal and plant species are predicted to move towards the poles under ...

One of the most popular trees to plant worldwide are maple (Acer) trees. With so many species, including several native to the U.S., you have your pick of stunning and unique maple varieties perfect ...

In the late winter months, when nighttime and daytime temperatures oscillate from deep-freezing to above-freezing, an imperceptible shift begins to take place in the trees around us. This huge ...

We love the vibrant colors of maple trees in the fall. These deciduous beauties bring not only great color but also a recognizable leaf shape and (our favorite) whirlybird seeds that helicopter their ...

Norway maple, classified as highly invasive in the United States, was first imported from Europe and Asia in 1756 as an ornamental landscaping tree. Is an Amur maple shrub invasive? It Takes Lots of ...

Maple butter is the most delicious secret of a northern spring. Creamy, spreadable and sugar-pie-honey-bunch sweet — and 100% all-natural. Maple butter is also called maple cream. Contrary to either ...

Many people travel to New England in October to see the wonderful fall color in the deciduous forests. A large proportion of the color is provided by maples, including the sugar maple, red maple and ...

Question: we have several maple trees in our neighborhood afflicted with this black spot (see attached photo). What can we do to protect our maple trees? Anwer: while it is difficult to confirm a ...

We live in northeast Arkansas and planted this maple six years ago. The leaves have these thin spots on them, but otherwise ...

Pennsylvania is home to much more maple sugaring and maple sugaring events than we might generally assume. According to the North American Maple Syrup Council, from 2019 through 2021 there were ...