Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...

I trimmed my boxwood shrubs at home this past weekend and the whir of my hedge trimmer lulled me into thinking about the plethora of questions I routinely receive from gardeners and homeowners about ...

When trying to tell evergreen or coniferous trees apart, many people simply lump them together as "pines" or "evergreens" or "Christmas trees." But there are major differences in these trees' shape, ...

Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...

The trees surrounding Wheatland tower overhead, yet in one corner, the plants can be crushed by the tiniest feet. Here, in the dwarf conifer garden, a circle of twigs surrounds a 5-inch tall ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland is The Forest City. Our forests are mostly filled with trees like oaks, maples, beeches, and hickories that flower in the spring, provide shade in the summer, and dazzle ...

The forest has a few more inhabitants after Haywood Community College students donning hard hats made quick work of planting about 300 trees on Sept. 25. On a field trip with their silviculture class, ...