Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Downing Many types of garden plants need watering in summer when they’re actively growing and rainfall is sporadic. But ...

There is a different type of beauty during the winter. After months of seeing the luscious summer greenery and vibrant fall foliage, the colors fade and snow blankets the landscape in white. But what ...

Even if you haven’t thought about photosynthesis since biology class, you likely remember that tree leaves change light energy into sugars, which are chemical energy, or more simply, food. Water ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is a maple tree that still has a few dead leaves on it during winter. - Marcia Straub/Getty Images The sound of the wind ...

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While the rest of your garden is sleeping peacefully under a blanket of snow or damp leaf litter, February is the perfect time to do some outdoor yard work. Deciduous trees enter a period of dormancy ...

We have all seen the typical winter scene in Kentucky with snow, barren trees, and open fields, but you may not realize that trees have coping mechanisms to help them survive the winter. Deciduous ...

Fall foliage color is produced by deciduous trees and shrubs. Up North, the spectacular fall color has long come and gone. Here in the Deep South, fall color is not as prominent, but we do see some.

We had our first winter snow storm this past weekend, a nice change from the warmer than usual conditions across most of the country. Snow is an important part of our local ecosystems, the plants and ...

I was up in the White Mountains this weekend, walking out to my car in the AMC’s Highland Center parking lot after a hike, and there between the buildings and the cars was a gorgeous aspen tree ...

There are always exceptions to the rule. Even the broad groupings of evergreens and deciduous trees aren’t 100% true. There ...