Trees and Shrubs That Sucker
By Larry Hodgson Most trees produce only a single trunk over their entire life. The average shrub, too, produces allContinue Reading
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By Larry Hodgson Most trees produce only a single trunk over their entire life. The average shrub, too, produces allContinue Reading
Painting by Gary Stutler (garystutler.com); image distributed by SMA with permission of artist. Each year, members of the Society ofContinue Reading
Urban agroforestry makes efficient, double use of space. Trees that produce food can line city streets, parks, and other spaces.Continue Reading
A climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea petiolaris) growing on a tree: nothing could be more natural! Photo: Dave Epstein, @growingwisdom What isContinue Reading
Given the global climate disruption of the current era, floods are more common than ever … and happen at seasonsContinue Reading
Fruits of the common chestnut (Castanea sativa). Photo: Exeter Trees Question: When I lived in France, we always collected chestnuts inContinue Reading
A huge specimen of common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis). Photo: chadwickarboretum.osu.edu Every year, members of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) nominate and voteContinue Reading
Pearlbush has beautiful white flowers in the spring… and older specimens show attractive bark in the winter. Photo: www.pepiniere-bretagne.fr &Continue Reading
This is how tree roots were once thought to grow. Ill.: Peter, researchgate.net That certainly sounds like an easy question,Continue Reading
Gypsy moth caterpillars often appear in their thousands! Photo: www.dufferincounty.ca When I was a boy (back in the 1960s andContinue Reading









