This week’s column will focus on outstanding and unusual evergreens and shrubs for winter interest and even blossoms.

Located in Utah, this quaking aspen colony ranks as Earth's oldest living organism, with an estimated age approaching 80,000 years. The organism consists of a unified root network that continuously ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Christmas tree growers have been struggling with an invasive scale pest called Cryptomeria scale (Aspidiotus cryptomeriae), which is a serious pest of conifers. The scales ...

Stand structure plays a crucial role in forest management, directly influencing the physicochemical properties of forest soils and, consequently, forest health and productivity. Cryptomeria japonica ...

A recent study on Cryptomeria japonica plots shows that trees dissipate wind energy by switching between two swaying behaviors at specific wind speeds, offering insights that may help in improved ...

With bright green foliage and a compact habit, Dragon Prince™ Cryptomeria from the Southern Living Plant Collection is the ultimate low-maintenance evergreen for gardens of all sizes. Fine, stiff ...

Incredibly, trees have their own savvy ways of handling destructive winds during storms and cyclones. But, how do they do it? This was the driving question behind a recent study conducted by an ...

Destructive winds during storms and cyclones often cause tree failures, especially through uprooting and stem breakage. However, how trees respond to wind under various forest configurations and ...

ABSTRACT: The identification of natural, plant-derived compounds with pesticidal properties is crucial for developing environmentally sustainable alternatives to synthetic pesticides. In this study, ...

As you drive up to Darjeeling from the nearest railway station or airport in Siliguri, West Bengal, you are greeted by verdant slopes adorned with tea shrubs, a rainbow of flowers, and deciduous trees ...

ABSTRACT: The cashew stem girdler, Analeptes trifasciata Fabricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), damages cashew by its girdling activities in the stem thereby causing huge economic losses. The stem ...