What better time to celebrate one of the countryside’s unsung heroes: a tree, or shrub if you prefer, that’s so common and ubiquitous that it often gets taken for granted. Common hawthorn (Crataegus ...

Q: We recently moved into a house with a hawthorn tree in the front yard. The tree had beautiful red blooms in spring, but now it has developed unsightly black spots on the leaves. Is there a way to ...

Finding tree species that do well in compacted clay soil can be a challenge. If you have alkaline soils, it further complicates the process. Species selection is critical to long-term success of city ...