Leaves – Deciduous, alternate, though almost appears to be opposite from afar, compound with 7-17 green leaflets, leaf shape is lanceolate with an entire margin, greater than 6” long, turns gold and ...

MINGRENSHAN, China — The rain forest is so dense around farmer Xing Chunlan’s ramshackle house that she thought of the trees as no more than weeds. When she found out she could make money selling ...

A Chinese vegetable farmer in rural Madelia came up with the idea to supply ginkgo trees to every town in Minnesota. Despite numerous obstacles, Kun Hung is still determined to see his dream come true ...

The Chinese Pistache tree is a handsome ornamental shade tree with reliable autumn color that is suitable for urban and residential landscapes. It is native to China, Taiwan, and the Philippine ...

March 19 marked the first day of spring, and all around us we see the signs of new life in our landscapes. This time of year, the fringe tree puts on a show of snowy white blooms. There are two ...

In the City of Oaks, a rare Chinese tree is blooming in a homeowner’s yard. The 9-year-old Emmenopterys henryi bloomed for the first time this summer, said homeowner Jeane Andrus. She bought the tree ...

The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn’t do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow ...

A little known consequence of Hurricane Katrina and its flood waters was that in low-lying areas, where water gathered for longer periods of time, seeds from nonnative trees such as the Chinese tallow ...

What: Chionanthus retusus, the Chinese fringe tree, is a reliable and easy to grow small tree that is covered with clusters of fringed white flowers in early summer. It has a lovely rounded habit, and ...