Those who walk our neighborhood will see a nook with a red plum tree, lenten roses, a small rose bush and butterfly bushes. It is a sweet habitat for small-winged creatures. Several years ago, a ...
The Denver Post: Will the plum trees deliver on spring bloom’s promise?
There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.
Stan Boutin has climbed more than 5,000 spruce trees in the last 30 years. He has often returned to the forest floor knowing if a ball of twigs and moss within the tree contained newborn red squirrel pups. Over the years, those squirrels have taught Boutin and his colleagues many things, including an apparent ability to predict the future. Boutin, of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, was ...
A very noticeable fall equinox feature in these parts is when deciduous tree leaves turn from green to yellow or orange or sometimes red, then fade and waft to the ground. Middle Alaska doesn’t have many species of deciduous trees: paper birch, aspen, willows and balsam poplar are all part of the dominant boreal forest here.
As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can significantly affect the trees left standing, potentially changing the structure of forests, a ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There’s a ridiculous level of anxiety going on in my garden involving four types of plums and a commitment to try not to show up at my friend Gerald’s house ...