Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I ...

The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark ...

For an explosion of color in your yard, the multi-stemmed Muskogee Crape Myrtle from Fast Growing Trees has a profusion of purple flowers in summer and cinnamon-hued bark in winter. 5. Coral Bark ...

Trees can shed their bark (or exfoliate) at different times of the year depending on the species. In our region, for example, eucalyptus and madrone trees shed their bark in the summer months.

Gardening author and podcast host Kathy Jentz praises the beauty of the blooms. "The flowers are borne on long branches in ...

Young trees with thin and dark bark, ... There is one in the color: Tree Bark. Milk paints may need to be applied more often than other types of paint, but they are very safe for the environment.

The "yellow" in these names comes from the tree's inner bark, which is yellowish in color. Black oak generally grows to about 80 feet tall, but like the willow oak, some can grow to be 100 feet tall.

To preserve the bright bark color of shrubs such as red-osier dogwood, ... For tree and plant advice, contact the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum (630-719-2424, ...

Look closely at the bark color. Is it grey, chocolate brown, nearly black or variegated? Walnut trees have a rich brown bark. Sycamores have a peeling bark in shades of tan, olive and gray.

A reptile found in Madagascar is impossible to tell apart from tree bark by day. For decades, scientists had mixed it up with a relative. By Sofia Quaglia As night falls on the northern forests of ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

If that wasn’t enough, trees in the wild can grow up to 250 feet tall. A fast-growing tree that can increase 8 to 10 feet each year in Central Florida, rainbow eucalyptus has an upright growth ...