You may have noticed an uptick in falling seeds from your trees this year, and that's no coincidence. While it feels like trees endlessly shed their seed pods and clusters as months go on, arborists ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Though it has been more than a few months since most trees produced their seeds, there are still a few that have yet to drop those seeds. Two of the most prominent street trees ...

Springfield folklore says the city’s population of sweet gum trees (and their annoying, spiky “gum ball” seed pods) dates from the great elm tree die-off of the late 1940s. Sweet gums indeed were one ...

I was out of town a few weeks ago visiting family and noticed a significant number of sweet gum pods cluttering up the driveway and yard under several sweet gum trees. Unless you are a stranger to ...

DEAR REGINA: It isn’t entirely clear from your email whether you’re trying to prevent or control a leafminer infestation. I wouldn’t recommend using chemicals as a preventive measure on healthy ...