This deciduous family member adorns its bare branches with blossoms before its large, glossy, elliptical leaves appear. The ...

A red-golden carpet is unfurling across the more temperate corners of our continent. Here’s how trees know what season it is.

opaque leaves, or apply purely specular or Lambertian transmission. The accuracy of these assumptions and the effect on simulation results are currently unknown. This study captured deciduous ...

SUNDAY PUZZLE — In his print introduction, Joel Fagliano writes: “Daniel Bodily, of Woodbury, Minn., is a robotics research ...

We gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our azalea and rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous azalea ...

It is what I consider a miracle every year during late March and early April — the leafing-out of deciduous hardwoods that have been dormant and leafless all winter. Leaf buds of oaks ...

Established garden beds with large trees can handle some solid leaf mulch annually. A shady border of established shrubs and trees can generally handle a couple of inches of deciduous leaves each fall ...

To use leaf compost as mulch, spread a layer 2 to 3 inches deep for deciduous shrubs and trees, rosebeds, and vegetables. For flower beds, make a layer that's 3 inches deep. And a layer 3 to 4 ...

While the vast majority of bulbs are meant for sunny locations, some are excellent candidates for the shade garden. Walking ...

Seeds of several native plant types from American chestnut habitats (Elymus/grass, Cichorium/forb, Gaultheria/shrub, Acer/deciduous tree, Pinus/conifer) were germinated in potting mix with different ...

Thousands will head out on an annual pilgrimage to see the fagus change colour this weekend, making it a perfect time to get ...

At Popular Mechanics, this is the season we test the latest products for our annual Yard & Garden Awards. We roll up our ...