Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Considered a must-have decoration for many who celebrate Christmas and open gifts with loved ones each year, the Christmas tree's ...

Silver buttonwood fruits were used to create this silvery themed lei at this year’s Lei Day in Kapiolani Park. Weissich found a flat of seedlings. Some were green and some were silvery. One keiki ...

Ginkgo tolerates a wide range of rough conditions such as downtown urban sites, smoky areas, air pollution and confined root system spaces. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor I have one of the ...

The holidays are officially here, which means many will be propping a real or fake Christmas tree up in the home. That is, if they haven't already. So here are some facts about Christmas trees (real ...

I love a palm tree. They’ve always put a smile on my face. If they make you smile too, you’ll love my list of 10 fun facts about the palm tree. 1. There are a lot of different kinds of palm trees -- ...

We are fortunate to live in an area that is dominated by trees. Depending on where you live in the Hudson Valley or the Catskill Mountains, the surrounding landscape ranges from 75% to more than 85% ...

Today more than 100 cyclists from across the country will begin a 585-mile cycling tour across Oregon to raise money for trees. The annual supports the Tree Research and Education Endowment Fund, or ...

The National Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off this month, but those colorful petals are hardly DC’s only notable foliage. Here are some other interesting trees to check out. There are no trees on the ...

With the recent storms in our area, and more that are yet to come, I've been thinking quite a bit about how trees in general, and Big Country trees specifically, deal with winds and other facets of ...

Most of us enjoy the beautiful colors of fall, but not everyone may know what causes leaves to change.There are three colors or pigments naturally produced in leaf cells: green from chlorophyll, ...

Gorgeous common hardwoods like American Beech and elm fill the canopy of Washington, D.C., but it has many surprising trees, too. Some tell stories from history. Others traveled from unexpected places ...

Do you like trees? Of course you do! Yesterday, the City Council’s parks committee held a hearing on New York City’s street trees. Here are some fun facts about trees. 3. It takes a lot of work to ...