For most types of trees, "Correct root flare height and exposure is probably the most important consideration when planting," ...

A 44-foot-long piece of a 5,000 year old tree trunk was uncovered on September 25 in the U.K. The BBC reports that it was unearthed from a bog in Norfolk. After marinating for thousands of years ...

A trunk-to-trunk distance of 13 to 16 feet is ideal. Distances of 16 to 25 feet can be spanned with straps. If the span is too small, a two-poled mounting stand is a must. "Traditionally people want ...

Question: We live in Tippecanoe county and need to transplant a tulip tree that is 2-3’ tall. Could you please tell me when the optimal time would be to transplant? I have read to transplant in the ...

My grandmother used to collect the fallen branches and dead limbs of trees from her yard every other day or so. She put them in a collection bin. If we helped, we sometimes earned a little bit of ...

Many readers ask why it is so important to expose trunk flares. Trunk flares are part of the trunk, not part of a tree’s root system. Bark protects tree trunks from atmospheric elements, but it does ...

Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) saw trees as examples of living prayers. “Silence my soul these trees are prayers. I asked the Tree: Tell me about God -- then it blossomed,” wrote the ...

A tree stump that should be dead—but isn't—has been discovered in a forest in New Zealand. The kauri tree stump appears to be surviving by feeding on its neighbors resources, holding onto their roots ...