Above: This photo tells an entire story. Taken at Roan Mountain State Park in Tennessee in January, it shows most of the deciduous trees are bare. However, you can easily see the light tan colors of ...

When deciduous trees begin to change leaf colors in fall in response to short day length and cool night temperatures, it induces the formation of an abscission layer at the base of the leaf stem ...

Question: All of a sudden, a lot of small short branches broke off the oak tree in our front yard. The ground is covered with them. There are at least 50. There hasn't been a storm to damage them, and ...

BOSTON (CBS) - December is here and you probably have noticed many trees still have leaves. In fact, you can usually set your clock by the annual cycle of leaves! The changing color followed by a ...

Three of my most prized trees are the oaks we planted in our front yard shortly after we moved. They share our front yard with a black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), red twig dogwoods (Cornus sericea), witch ...

Dear Neil: How can I kill several banana trees that I no longer want? Honestly, the easiest way would probably be simply to dig them up with a sharpshooter spade. You could spray them with a ...

Q. We have a beautiful water oak in our backyard that is more than 40 years old. This year the leaves are falling so bad it looks like it is September, not July. I feel like the squirrels are chewing ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Winter will be here soon enough, but enjoy those gorgeous fall leaf colors along the Front Range before any snowflakes arrive. Reach back and recall your ...

Sweetgum is also a fast-growing shade tree with brilliant fall colors. It has a star-shaped leaf. One drawback of sweetgum is the spiny seed capsule. This fallen fruit can make walking in the yard ...