This persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) is native to the U.S. and can be found throughout the Southern states. According to The New Southern Living Garden Book, it is “native from Connecticut to Kansas ...

Whether you're planning to add cherry trees to your yard or you want to help your established trees thrive, here's what you ...

Sweet gum is a common tree in the forests of central New Jersey and points south, and from the Atlantic to Texas. It also grows in the mountains of Mexico and Central America, a survivor from a time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman in white hammock hanging in a grassy yard. - Oscar Wong/Getty Images The best yards engage all of your senses. Leaves rustle ...

We’re well into winter and that means spring and the gardening season is on the horizon. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University ...

Not to be sappy, but it's Oregon's time to shine. The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday in Sweet Home that Oregon has been selected to provide the 2018 United States Capitol Christmas Tree. The ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...