This year's dry winter and weather pattern swings over the past decade impacting Illinois forests and home gardens ...

One thing you’ll want to leave off your landscaping to-do list, at least for a while, is pruning your oak trees. February ...

This phenomenon, called marcescence, adds a unique dimension to the winter landscape, and gives me something to ponder while ...

Along with spruce and hawthorn, one of the best trees to plant in your backyard for bird-friendly winter habitat is the Chapman oak (Quercus chapmanii). Trees in the Quercus genus are among the ...

Restorers require about 200 high-grade oak planks on either side ... storms – Storms Arwen and Barra in the winter of 2021 toppled thousands of trees across the North, including a number of ...