According to a proverb attributed to ancient Greece, “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit.” The proverb is a favorite of mine, not just because ...

As we move inside for the winter to cozy up to the fireplace, we need to remember our smooth-barked and young trees. Using a tree wrap on the trunk of your tree from late fall when tree growth slows ...

If you’ve driven or walked down a street and spotted tree trunks wrapped with sheet metal, you may have been stumped. These reflective metal cuffs can be seen everywhere from Charlotte to Los Angeles ...

One of the things I’ve never understood is why so few landscape contractors and nursery workers wrap the trunks of newly planted trees. It could make a giant improvement in the survival rate of their ...

Having a fruit tree in your yard is the gift that keeps on giving. Every year, you can enjoy its edible bounty — it always seems to taste a little bit sweeter than grocery store produce. Growing fruit ...

Q: This is the saddest Ficus I’ve ever seen. I bought it in August and thought I followed instructions but now most of the leaves have fallen off. What should I do now? The bare branches seem kind of ...

My biggest garden surprise this year was a lack of Japanese Beetles. I’m not complaining, of course, but totally surprised. I saw three, that’s it! Normally, there were hundreds swarming on my grape ...