A great task to add to your list is planting bare-root trees, such as silver birch and magnolia, before the ground freezes.

Q: I purchased a piece of land last year with three silver birch trees on it. The largest is about 30 feet tall and had a low branch removed many years ago. The inside of the stub rotted and was ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

The Sourland Conservancy and dozens of community volunteers recently finished planting native trees and shrubs in Curlis ...

Sourland Conservancy volunteers recently planted dozens of native trees and shrubs at Curlis Woods as part of an ongoing ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the growing season fades, we bid adieu to many of ...

A copse of ornamental cherries and silver birch we planted near the farmhouse, which our 19-year-old daughter helped us plant ...

Trees are resilient and have a strong will to grow. But care should be taken when planting trees in disturbed or compacted ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...