“It’s very soothing,” says Jarboe, 70. His Town and Country garden, which features a bridge, a Mayan temple, a bocce ball ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

Extreme heat can make a sunny garden unbearable. Here’s why a shady garden could be a better option, and expert tips for how to plant it ...

Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and ...

History of the Pinchot Sycamore Tree While the exact origins of the Pinchot Sycamore tree are unknown, it is estimated to be 200-300 years old, with some scholars saying it may be as old as 500 years.

At almost 400 years old, the Endicott Pear Tree in Danvers is believed to be the oldest living cultivated fruit tree in all of North America.

In the 1930s, area naturalists were suggesting that Quincy residents plant a dogwood tree, either pink or white. Mrs. Ward Best, president of the Garden Club at that time, encouraged ...

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is the state tree of Missouri and has been designated as the state flower of both Virginia and North Carolina. Dogwood's true flowers are rather inconspicuous ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can ...

While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and the nonnative kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).

An unassuming dogwood tree outside Camp David became the solution to a devastating disease. A University of Tennessee professor found it.