In North America, the maple species are divided into two groups: soft maple (which includes red maple, Acer rubrum, silver maple, A. saccharinum, and bigleaf maple, A. macrophyllum) and hard maple ...

Want to create some shade on your patio without doing anything too drastic? Planting is key – and this glorious, ...

It took 10 years for me to cut a tree down, and even now, I wish it had taken even longer. Not to cut it up, mind you, but to commit to dropping it — a huge silver maple that stood in my front yard.

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

I planted the first tree in our front yard last week, a Royal Red Norway Maple. It was a gift from our Olson neighbors. The accompanying information sheet says it will reach a height of 30-40 feet in ...