A common fungus that causes trees to rot may be exacerbating climate change by releasing more methane than expected.

Red maple suffering extreme sunscald damage that could have been avoided with paper tree wrap. Neil Sperry Special to the Star-Telegram If I were writing a column on interior decorating, it certainly ...

With trees, as with elephants and in swimming, trunks are important. They’re part of trees’ beauty, strength, majesty, and mystique. We have things to discuss. Like people, trunks come in all shapes ...

The moment the temperatures drop and the first frost settles, rodents across your yard seem to hold an annual strategy meeting about which of your tree trunks they’re going to gnaw on next. It’s ...

I can’t decide when to cut English ivy off my trees — spring or fall. I know it’s invasive and lately I see it everywhere, but I’m not looking forward to seeing brown ivy hanging on my tree trunks. It ...

What shape is a tree? For most people, it’s like a lollipop or a feather duster: a single trunk topped by a green bunch of branches and leaves. “Not all trees are like that,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

After last week’s column on transplanting 8-year-old plum trees was published, City of Las Cruces Community Forester Jimmy Zabriskie contacted me about another important consideration: sunscald.

When we think of a tree, we usually picture a single big trunk that divides into branches overhead. Yet sometimes trees may sprout small stems sprouting from the base of the trunk, down by the roots.

That piled-up look traps moisture and invites pests—here’s the right way to mulch.