An arborist making a casual visit to our place would have a fit. You see, every tree that we can get to survive earns a place with us, not merely the textbook perfectly-shaped specimens, but all that ...

If you are inclined to prune your pine trees, now is the perfect time to do so. Most people don’t prune mature pine trees, but many prune mugho pines, which are more of a shrub. Pruning these keeps ...

If you have a pine shrub or tree in your yard, spring is the time to control its growth. Keeping a pine in check is not a simple matter of pruning branches. “Pines aren’t like other evergreens,” said ...

HELENA — Helena's city commission met last week to earnestly discuss something that three years ago would have been a sacrilege: Logging Mount Helena city park. The mountain park, as iconic to this ...

Roger Snipes of the Inland Empire Bonsai Society prunes or defoliates leaves off a hedge maple he is training. (Pat Munts/For The Spokesman-Review) Buy this photo For Roger Snipes, working with his ...

Some aspects of choosing a live Christmas tree, like shape, color, and aroma, are subjective. But certain Christmas tree species are better at keeping their needles and holding ornaments. Two ...