Try some plants with standout bark to make things interesting after the leaves fall. Paperbark maple trees (Acer griseum) are ...

Wet, clay ground and thriving. Late last summer, I noticed the leaves were dead suddenly, and the bark on the trunk was completely loose and falling off. No other trees or shrubs within 50 feet (black ...

The bark of a tree is its own protection against the weather. While we shrug on a coat when it’s wet or cold, a tree will grow its own to insulate itself, keeping moisture out when it’s ...

This provides food so the trees can grow their leaves. It takes about four ... the European settlers how to make maple syrup. They would cut a gash in the tree and collect the sap in containers made ...

The ancient trees are a signature of our place. Big-leaf maple (Acer macrophylla), a giant ... sometimes fissured or exfoliating bark, maples are a highlight in the winter garden, especially ...