According to a proverb attributed to ancient Greece, “A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they will never sit.” The proverb is a favorite of mine, not just because ...

If you’ve driven or walked down a street and spotted tree trunks wrapped with sheet metal, you may have been stumped. These ...

If you’ve ever planted a young tree, you know how much care they need, especially when cold weather rolls in. Winter brings ...

Why do some people wrap tree trunks in paper for the winter? Should I be doing this? Expert opinions vary widely on this topic. Many believe that thin-skinned young trees – especially those that have ...

As we move inside for the winter to cozy up to the fireplace, we need to remember our smooth-barked and young trees. Using a tree wrap on the trunk of your tree from late fall when tree growth slows ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Most species of woodpeckers that reside in Missouri do little or no damage to living trees, preferring dead standing trees or ...

Do you know how lumberjacks know how many trees they’ve cut down? They keep a log. Dad jokes aside, trees are a valuable resource that take years to reach full potential. Apple trees take an average ...

This year along the Front Range, we had one of the most beautiful displays of fall leaf color in a long time. The right combination of moisture when trees were leafing out in the spring along with ...

Q. I just planted a fruit tree and was told by a friend that I should paint the trunk with white paint. I really don’t like the idea of a tree painted with white paint in my front yard. Is it really ...

Q: This is the saddest Ficus I’ve ever seen. I bought it in August and thought I followed instructions but now most of the leaves have fallen off. What should I do now? The bare branches seem kind of ...