FARGO — I’ve received more questions about one plant than any other in recent memory. Those questions even outnumber inquiries about tomato blight and rhubarb. The subject of all the discussion is the ...

Autumn has always been bittersweet for me. The garden winds down – who am I kidding? – it droops, plops, falls over and goes boom, apparently terrified into fainting at the first frost. Tree leaves ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Greg Ilgenfritz and Melanie Bathe sit for an engagement portrait among the leaves of Autumn Blaze Maple trees just before sunset ...

Q: The attached photo of the silver maple in our front yard was taken Dec. 17. The tree is 23 years old and has yet to drop the majority of its leaves. It normally is late to shed the leaves, but this ...

* What it is: A shade tree that’s a cross of two maple species, combining the great fall color of our native red maple with the durability of silver maple. Autumn Blaze is a fast-grower that’s ...

In 1893, a favorite tree was selected by a group of Wisconsin school children. The maple beat out oak, pine and elm trees. In 1948, that selection was narrowed by another vote to sugar maple ...

As spring unfolds, the deep red blooms of red maple trees along the roadsides and in the woods really stand out. Within days, the blooms fall onto the pavement like blood-red snow. Did you know that ...

The maple family (genus) of trees, more than any other group, is responsible for providing the glorious New England fall foliage that delights us as residents and attracts tourists from across the ...