Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the black cherry, ...

This article is part of a series of Nature Notes columns on Frederick County’s trees. Discover Frederick’s diverse array of trees on a self-guided walking tour. To see all of the trees, it should take ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The black cherry or Prunus serotina is a species in the subgenus Padus with ...

Two examples of a small tree/shrub have appeared in my garden. I've tried to identify it, with no success, I wonder if you known what it is? The plants are now two to three feet tall and woody. Its ...

Hardy ornamental trees and shrubs have always had the capacity to deliver eye-catching displays when we need them most.

Self-incompatibility in flowering plants prevents self-fertilization through the rejection of pollen from the same plant. This trait prevents inbreeding. In many species, molecular and classical ...

Looking to bring a bit of drama and four-season flair to your small garden? You’re not alone. Patio cherry trees are flying ...

Non-random distribution of genotypes in plant populations gives rise to the development of spatial-genetic structure (SGS) at a variety of scales (Silvertown, 2001; Vekemans and Hardy, 2004).

Greenwich Park has already been home to a Cherry Tree Avenue since the 1950s. Since then, the path leading up to the Rose Garden on the west side of the park has come bursting into life every April ...